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PostgreSQL connectors and syncs are fragile

4 posts from 4 people4d activeFading, +0 this week

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Posts per day4 posts, Aug 28 to Nov 9

The posts behind it

GitHub issuesairbytehq/airbyte · patrick-fragileSep 11

[source-postgres] Reversed LSN arguments in position(SourceRecord) affect CDC progress comparisons

### Connector Name source-postgres ### Connector Version 3.8.1 and 3.8.5 (official connector class files inspected). ### What step the error happened? During the sync ### Relevant information `PostgresSourceDebeziumOperations.position(SourceRecord)` passes two LSN values to...

GitHub issuesairbytehq/airbyte · unkedeuxkeSep 2

[source-postgres] NullPointerException on startup when the source database contains an empty enum type

...source-postgres** Three things make the impact worse than a plain startup crash: 1. **No workaround is available through connector configuration.** `TypeRegistry.prime()` runs inside the `PostgresConnection` constructor, before any table or column filtering is applied, and its...

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GitHub issuespandas-dev/pandas · juanmiclAug 28

DOC: user guide SQL section lacks PostgreSQL (psycopg 3) recipes

### Pandas version checks - [x] I have checked that the issue still exists on the latest versions of the docs on `main` [here](https://pandas.pydata.org/docs/dev/) ### Location of the documentation https://pandas.pydata.org/docs/dev/user_guide/cookbook.html#cookbook-sql...

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About this problem

Evidence

4 posts from 4 people in 3 places, about 1 a week over 30 days. Mostly on airbytehq/airbyte, pandas-dev/pandas, Hacker News comments. Tools named alongside: Airbyte, GitHub, pandas, Stack Overflow.

Frustration Frustration 3 of 3· Seen on GitHub issues, Hacker News

How it was grouped

Posts that state a pain and match the "ingestion" rule about PostgreSQL. First post Aug 28, 2026, latest Sep 26, 2026. Corroborated: 3 or more posts from 2 or more people or places. Method

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History

Momentum went from steady to fading.

Oct 3, 2026

Momentum went from fading to steady.

Sep 26, 2026

First seen with 3 posts.

Sep 25, 2026