From ab6702891a1f9bb2381df1846de4e9a31d438c72 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian Barwick <ian@2ndquadrant.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2017 13:09:17 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] Minor fixes to cascading standby failover.

---
 repmgrd-physical.c | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/repmgrd-physical.c b/repmgrd-physical.c
index 7dac2bd8..c27578da 100644
--- a/repmgrd-physical.c
+++ b/repmgrd-physical.c
@@ -1254,9 +1254,8 @@ update_monitoring_history(void)
  * of reconnection strategies as different behaviour might be desirable
  * in different situations;
  * or maybe the option not to reconnect might be required?
- *
- * XXX check this handles replication slots gracefully
  */
+
 static bool
 do_upstream_standby_failover(void)
 {
@@ -1397,8 +1396,7 @@ do_upstream_standby_failover(void)
 
 	termPQExpBuffer(&event_details);
 
-	PQfinish(primary_conn);
-	primary_conn = NULL;
+	/* keep the primary connection open */
 
 	return true;
 }