BUG #17377: only superusers can query or manipulate replication origins

On Sat, Jan 22, 2022 at 10:09 PM PG Bug reporting form
<noreply@postgresql.org> wrote:

The following bug has been logged on the website:

Bug reference: 17377
Logged by: James Pang
Email address: chaolpan@cisco.com
PostgreSQL version: 13.4
Operating system: RHEL8.4
Description:

PG 13.4 on RHEL8.4 ,
we have a user with REPLICATION for logical replication , try to handle
"replication change loop back" by set replication origin,

select pg_replication_origin_create('test');
ERROR: only superusers can query or manipulate replication origins

Is it possible to "remove superuser() check" for pg_replication related
functions and view query, we expect any role with replication can
create/drop origin, and roles with pg_monitor can query the progress.

we tested that PG 14.1 works if we grant execution privileges ,

Yeah, we removed superuser checks from replication origin functions in PG14.

is it
possible to merge the similar enhancement to Postgresql 13.5 or next minor
version ? so we can use that in pg13 version.

Hmm, I don't think this change will be back-patched since it's not a bug fix.

Regards,

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Masahiko Sawada
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