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PostgreSQL connectors and syncs are fragile

Data engineering3 posts from 3 people3d active+00 posts in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (fading)

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Posts per day3 posts, Aug 28 to Sep 25

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[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...airbytehq/airbytepatrick-fragileSep 112 weeks ago
[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...airbytehq/airbyteunkedeuxkeSep 23 weeks ago
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...pandas-dev/pandasjuanmiclAug 284 weeks ago

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3 posts from 3 people in 2 places, about 1 a week over 15 days. Mostly on airbytehq/airbyte, pandas-dev/pandas. Tools named alongside: Airbyte, GitHub, pandas, Stack Overflow.

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Posts that state a pain and match the "ingestion" rule about PostgreSQL. First post Aug 28, 2026, latest Sep 11, 2026. Corroborated: 3 or more posts from 2 or more people or places. Method

History

  • 2026-09-25 Added: PostgreSQL connectors and syncs are fragile (3 posts)

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