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Set recovery_target_name only on an isolated recovery instance after recording target evidence, base backup, timeline, and expected boundary; rehearse and require a second-person review.","small":"Prefer a backup tool that generates a controlled recovery configuration. Never leave target settings in ordinary primary/standby templates, and clean up signal files and targets afterward."},"mechanism":["Sets the named restore point up to which recovery will proceed. The value is fixed when the server starts, so changing it requires a restart.","Recovery stops at a restore point previously recorded by pg_create_restore_point(). Restore-point names are meaningful only if the corresponding WAL record is present on the selected timeline.","At most one of recovery_target, recovery_target_lsn, recovery_target_name, recovery_target_time, and recovery_target_xid may be set; timeline, inclusive, and action are modifiers. 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