The right mix of DDL and VACUUM could corrupt a catalog page header such that PageIsVerified() durably fails, requiring a restore from backup. This affects only catalogs that both have a syscache and have DDL code that uses syscache tuples to construct updates. One of the test permutations shows a variant not yet fixed. This makes !TransactionIdIsValid(TM_FailureData.xmax) possible with TM_Deleted. I think core and PGXN are indifferent to that. Per bug #17821 from Alexander Lakhin. Back-patch to v13 (all supported versions). The test case is v17+, since it uses INJECTION_POINT. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/17821-dd8c334263399284@postgresql.org
PostgreSQL Database Management System
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