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This is done for end-of-recovery and shutdown checkpoints/restartpoints (end-of-recovery restartpoints don't exist) rather than all types of checkpoints, in cases where it may not be possible to rely on pg_stat_activity to get a status from the startup or checkpointer processes. For example, at the end of a crash recovery, this is useful to know if a checkpoint is running in the startup process, while previously the ps display may only show some information about "recovering" something, that can be confusing while a checkpoint runs. Author: Justin Pryzby Reviewed-by: Nathan Bossart, Kirk Jamison, Fujii Masao, Michael Paquier Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20200818225238.GP17022@telsasoft.com
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