Logical replication slots

delete all data on the replica and pull it from the leader): root@my-postgres-0:homepostgres# patronictl reinit my-postgres my-postgres-1

With regards to replication slots, they are used to tell the master not to remove old + new WAL records from pg_xlog until the standby server

postgres drop replication slot Drop the replication slot with the name specified by --slot , then exit In --drop-slot mode, delete the slot with this name -t --two-phase Enables

postgresql drop replication slot If stopping postgres server takes time, the VM or container will have to be killed forcefully which can take a considerable amount of time as