A proposal to force-drop replication slots to make disabling async

PostgreSQL Replication Slots postgresql drop replication slot The function underlying pg_replication_slots reads the replication slot on-disk structures directly, meaning the contents of this view are always visible postgresql create replication slot Physical slots are created automatically based on replica hosts and used for data replication within the Managed Service for PostgreSQL cluster

postgresql drop replication slot By themselves, replication slots occupy very little disk space They just store tiny bit of metadata, including a pointer to a position in WAL