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Enterprise Postgres 16 Operation Guide

10.4 Converting a Synchronous Replication to Asynchronous

Follow the procedure below to convert a Synchronous standby instance to Asynchronous.

  1. In the [Instances] tab, select the master instance of the relevant cluster.

  2. Click .

  3. In the [Streaming replication] section, edit the value for [Synchronous standby names].

    • Remove the "Application name" of the standby instance you want to be in Asynchronous mode.

  4. Click .

  5. Select the master instance and click .

  6. Select the standby instance. [Instance type] will now show the updated status.

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To learn more about the differences between synchronous and asynchronous standby modes and their behavior, refer to "Streaming Replication" in "High Availability, Load Balancing, and Replication" in the PostgreSQL Documentation.