Add a test for commit ac0e33136a using the injection point.

This test uses an injection point to bypass the time overhead caused by
the idle_replication_slot_timeout GUC, which has a minimum value of one
minute.

Author: Hayato Kuroda <kuroda.hayato@fujitsu.com>
Author: Nisha Moond <nisha.moond412@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Vignesh C <vignesh21@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CALj2ACW4aUe-_uFQOjdWCEN-xXoLGhmvRFnL8SNw_TZ5nJe+aw@mail.gmail.com

src/backend/replication/slot.c

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 #include "storage/procarray.h"
 #include "utils/builtins.h"
 #include "utils/guc_hooks.h"
+#include "utils/injection_point.h"
 #include "utils/varlena.h"
 
 /*
@@ -1669,16 +1670,31 @@ DetermineSlotInvalidationCause(uint32 possible_causes, ReplicationSlot *s,
 	{
 		Assert(now > 0);
 
-		/*
-		 * Check if the slot needs to be invalidated due to
-		 * idle_replication_slot_timeout GUC.
-		 */
-		if (CanInvalidateIdleSlot(s) &&
-			TimestampDifferenceExceedsSeconds(s->inactive_since, now,
-											  idle_replication_slot_timeout_mins * SECS_PER_MINUTE))
+		if (CanInvalidateIdleSlot(s))
 		{
-			*inactive_since = s->inactive_since;
-			return RS_INVAL_IDLE_TIMEOUT;
+			/*
+			 * We simulate the invalidation due to idle_timeout as the minimum
+			 * time idle time is one minute which makes tests take a long
+			 * time.
+			 */
+#ifdef USE_INJECTION_POINTS
+			if (IS_INJECTION_POINT_ATTACHED("slot-timeout-inval"))
+			{
+				*inactive_since = 0;	/* since the beginning of time */
+				return RS_INVAL_IDLE_TIMEOUT;
+			}
+#endif
+
+			/*
+			 * Check if the slot needs to be invalidated due to
+			 * idle_replication_slot_timeout GUC.
+			 */
+			if (TimestampDifferenceExceedsSeconds(s->inactive_since, now,
+												  idle_replication_slot_timeout_mins * SECS_PER_MINUTE))
+			{
+				*inactive_since = s->inactive_since;
+				return RS_INVAL_IDLE_TIMEOUT;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 

src/test/recovery/meson.build

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ tests += {
       't/041_checkpoint_at_promote.pl',
       't/042_low_level_backup.pl',
       't/043_no_contrecord_switch.pl',
+      't/044_invalidate_inactive_slots.pl',
     ],
   },
 }

src/test/recovery/t/044_invalidate_inactive_slots.pl

@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
+
+# Test for replication slots invalidation due to idle_timeout
+use strict;
+use warnings FATAL => 'all';
+
+use PostgreSQL::Test::Utils;
+use PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster;
+use Test::More;
+
+# This test depends on injection point that forces slot invalidation
+# due to idle_timeout.
+# https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/xfunc-c.html#XFUNC-ADDIN-INJECTION-POINTS
+if ($ENV{enable_injection_points} ne 'yes')
+{
+	plan skip_all => 'Injection points not supported by this build';
+}
+
+# Wait for slot to first become idle and then get invalidated
+sub wait_for_slot_invalidation
+{
+	my ($node, $slot_name, $offset) = @_;
+	my $node_name = $node->name;
+
+	# The slot's invalidation should be logged
+	$node->wait_for_log(
+		qr/invalidating obsolete replication slot \"$slot_name\"/, $offset);
+
+	# Check that the invalidation reason is 'idle_timeout'
+	$node->poll_query_until(
+		'postgres', qq[
+		SELECT COUNT(slot_name) = 1 FROM pg_replication_slots
+			WHERE slot_name = '$slot_name' AND
+			invalidation_reason = 'idle_timeout';
+	])
+	  or die
+	  "Timed out while waiting for invalidation reason of slot $slot_name to be set on node $node_name";
+}
+
+# ========================================================================
+# Testcase start
+#
+# Test invalidation of physical replication slot and logical replication slot
+# due to idle timeout.
+
+# Initialize the node
+my $node = PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster->new('node');
+$node->init(allows_streaming => 'logical');
+
+# Avoid unpredictability
+$node->append_conf(
+	'postgresql.conf', qq{
+checkpoint_timeout = 1h
+idle_replication_slot_timeout = 1min
+});
+$node->start;
+
+# Check if the 'injection_points' extension is available, as it may be
+# possible that this script is run with installcheck, where the module
+# would not be installed by default.
+if (!$node->check_extension('injection_points'))
+{
+	plan skip_all => 'Extension injection_points not installed';
+}
+
+# Create both physical and logical replication slots
+$node->safe_psql(
+	'postgres', qq[
+		SELECT pg_create_physical_replication_slot(slot_name := 'physical_slot', immediately_reserve := true);
+		SELECT pg_create_logical_replication_slot('logical_slot', 'test_decoding');
+]);
+
+my $log_offset = -s $node->logfile;
+
+# Register an injection point on the node to forcibly cause a slot
+# invalidation due to idle_timeout
+$node->safe_psql('postgres', 'CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;');
+
+$node->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"SELECT injection_points_attach('slot-timeout-inval', 'error');");
+
+# Slot invalidation occurs during a checkpoint, so perform a checkpoint to
+# invalidate the slots.
+$node->safe_psql('postgres', "CHECKPOINT");
+
+# Wait for slots to become inactive. Since nobody has acquired the slot yet,
+# it can only be due to the idle timeout mechanism.
+wait_for_slot_invalidation($node, 'physical_slot', $log_offset);
+wait_for_slot_invalidation($node, 'logical_slot', $log_offset);
+
+# Check that the invalidated slot cannot be acquired
+my ($result, $stdout, $stderr);
+($result, $stdout, $stderr) = $node->psql(
+	'postgres', qq[
+		SELECT pg_replication_slot_advance('logical_slot', '0/1');
+]);
+ok( $stderr =~ /can no longer access replication slot "logical_slot"/,
+	"detected error upon trying to acquire invalidated slot on node")
+  or die
+  "could not detect error upon trying to acquire invalidated slot \"logical_slot\" on node";
+
+# Testcase end
+# =============================================================================
+
+done_testing();