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@@ -1228,5 +1228,29 @@ stream_commit_cb(...); <-- commit of the streamed transaction
that name pattern will not be decoded as a two-phase commit transaction.
</para>
+ <para>
+ The users that want to decode prepared transactions need to be careful about
+ below mentioned points:
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ If the prepared transaction has locked [user] catalog tables exclusively
+ then decoding prepare can block till the main transaction is committed.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The logical replication solution that builds distributed two phase commit
+ using this feature can deadlock if the prepared transaction has locked
+ [user] catalog tables exclusively. They need to inform users to not have
+ locks on catalog tables (via explicit <command>LOCK</command> command) in
+ such transactions.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+
</sect1>
</chapter>