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The <code class="structname">pg_replication_slots</code> view provides a listing
of all replication slots that currently exist on the database cluster,
along with their current state.
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For more on replication slots,
see <a class="xref" href="warm-standby.html#STREAMING-REPLICATION-SLOTS" title="26.2.6. Replication Slots">Section 26.2.6</a> and <a class="xref" href="logicaldecoding.html" title="Chapter 49. Logical Decoding">Chapter 49</a>.
</p><div class="table" id="id-1.10.4.82.5"><p class="title"><strong>Table 52.81. <code class="structname">pg_replication_slots</code> Columns</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="pg_replication_slots Columns" border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Type</th><th>References</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code class="structfield">slot_name</code></td><td><code class="type">name</code></td><td> </td><td>A unique, cluster-wide identifier for the replication slot</td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">plugin</code></td><td><code class="type">name</code></td><td> </td><td>The base name of the shared object containing the output plugin this logical slot is using, or null for physical slots.</td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">slot_type</code></td><td><code class="type">text</code></td><td> </td><td>The slot type - <code class="literal">physical</code> or <code class="literal">logical</code></td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">datoid</code></td><td><code class="type">oid</code></td><td><code class="literal"><a class="link" href="catalog-pg-database.html" title="52.15. pg_database"><code class="structname">pg_database</code></a>.oid</code></td><td>The OID of the database this slot is associated with, or
null. Only logical slots have an associated database.</td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">database</code></td><td><code class="type">text</code></td><td><code class="literal"><a class="link" href="catalog-pg-database.html" title="52.15. pg_database"><code class="structname">pg_database</code></a>.datname</code></td><td>The name of the database this slot is associated with, or
null. Only logical slots have an associated database.</td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">temporary</code></td><td><code class="type">boolean</code></td><td> </td><td>True if this is a temporary replication slot. Temporary slots are
not saved to disk and are automatically dropped on error or when
the session has finished.</td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">active</code></td><td><code class="type">boolean</code></td><td> </td><td>True if this slot is currently actively being used</td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">active_pid</code></td><td><code class="type">integer</code></td><td> </td><td>The process ID of the session using this slot if the slot
is currently actively being used. <code class="literal">NULL</code> if
inactive.
</td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">xmin</code></td><td><code class="type">xid</code></td><td> </td><td>The oldest transaction that this slot needs the database to
retain. <code class="literal">VACUUM</code> cannot remove tuples deleted
by any later transaction.
</td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">catalog_xmin</code></td><td><code class="type">xid</code></td><td> </td><td>The oldest transaction affecting the system catalogs that this
slot needs the database to retain. <code class="literal">VACUUM</code> cannot
remove catalog tuples deleted by any later transaction.
</td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">restart_lsn</code></td><td><code class="type">pg_lsn</code></td><td> </td><td>The address (<code class="literal">LSN</code>) of oldest WAL which still
might be required by the consumer of this slot and thus won't be
automatically removed during checkpoints. <code class="literal">NULL</code>
if the <code class="literal">LSN</code> of this slot has never been reserved.
</td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">confirmed_flush_lsn</code></td><td><code class="type">pg_lsn</code></td><td> </td><td>The address (<code class="literal">LSN</code>) up to which the logical
slot's consumer has confirmed receiving data. Data older than this is
not available anymore. <code class="literal">NULL</code> for physical slots.
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