Standby cluster is in archive recovery state

[Ajith61]

Hi All,

I am using PostgreSQL 16.9.
I observe that standby pod show the state "in archive recovery" in patronictl list instead of streaming/running. Replication is fine and no errors in pod,postgres logs.
Postges15, the state is running for standby cluster. Is this expected?

Cluster: pg-pg16devjun271 (7520543320855007304) -----+---------------------+----+-----------+
| Member | Host | Role | State | TL | Lag in MB |
+--------------------+----------------+----------------+---------------------+----+-----------+
| pg-pg16devjun271-0 | 192.168.11.154 | Standby Leader | in archive recovery | 1 | |

[FxKu]

This is the expected behavior - given, you're using the s3_wal_path option for you standby. It might have looked different in the past but Patroni states have become more accurate over time. If you would add replicas they would show the state streaming from the standby leader.