From 64e8456bbde159f29aaa528d311e41590a3dbec5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amit Kapila <akapila@postgresql.org>
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2021 10:26:59 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Doc: Add "Attach Partition" limitation during logical
 replication.

ATTACHing a table into a partition tree whose root is published using a
publication with publish_via_partition_root set to true does not result in
the table's existing contents being replicated. This happens because
subscriber doesn't consider replicating the newly attached partition as
the root table is already in a 'ready' state.

This behavior was introduced in PG13 (83fd4532a7) where we allowed to
publish partition changes via ancestors.

We can consider fixing this limitation in the future.

Author: Amit Langote
Reviewed-by: Hou Zhijie, Amit Kapila
Backpatch-through: 13
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/OS0PR01MB5716E97F00732B52DC2BBC2594989@OS0PR01MB5716.jpnprd01.prod.outlook.com
---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_publication.sgml | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_publication.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_publication.sgml
index 2c51617291..1205df5f88 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_publication.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_publication.sgml
@@ -189,6 +189,13 @@ CREATE PUBLICATION <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable>
    <command>UPDATE</command>, or it may not be published at all.
   </para>
 
+  <para>
+   <command>ATTACH</command>ing a table into a partition tree whose root is
+   published using a publication with <literal>publish_via_partition_root</literal>
+   set to <literal>true</literal> does not result in the table's existing contents
+   being replicated.
+  </para>
+
   <para>
    <command>COPY ... FROM</command> commands are published
    as <command>INSERT</command> operations.