Wiki / Configuration Parameters
recovery_target
This parameter specifies that recovery should end as soon as a consistent state is reached, i.e., as early as possible. When restoring from an online backup, this means the point where taking the backup ended. Technically, this is a string parameter, but 'immediate' is currently the only allowed value.
English manual coverage begins with PostgreSQL 7.4. Source history and runtime observations have their own recorded version boundaries.
Reading PG 18·Select a recorded version
- boot val
- Unknown
- category
- Write-Ahead Log / Recovery Target
- context
- postmaster
- documented
- true
- enumvals
- Unknown
- extra desc
- Unknown
- lang
- en
- max val
- Unknown
- metadata version
- 18
- min val
- Unknown
- name
- recovery_target
- short desc
- Set to "immediate" to end recovery as soon as a consistent state is reached.
- source
- pg-settings-source-snapshot
- unit
- Unknown
- vartype
- string
Definition PG 18
This parameter specifies that recovery should end as soon as a consistent state is reached, i.e., as early as possible. When restoring from an online backup, this means the point where taking the backup ended. Technically, this is a string parameter, but 'immediate' is currently the only allowed value.
Compare versions
Source references
Full definition and evidence JSON
Definition sources
center · PostgreSQL 18 · wiki-repair-20261023:a28f95b3d3e8b548611a8830aef2e2cd5466945775b1f2742288aea39c297d55
Text language: en · wiki-repair-20261023:a28f95b3d3e8b548611a8830aef2e2cd5466945775b1f2742288aea39c297d55