[Pgpool-general] unexpected EOF on client connection

[Lonni J Friedman]

On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Rosser Schwarz <rosser.schwarz at gmail.com> wrote:
> "Unexpected EOF" doesn't mean a postgres backend is failing; it
> typically means that a client has disconnected from its backend
> without closing out the session.  (E.g., connect via psql, then kill
> the psql process -- not the backend! -- and you'll see an "Unexpected
> EOF".)
>
> As for why you're only seeing them since starting to use pgpool, I
> couldn't say. I'm seeing them, too, but was before we started working
> with the pooler, too, and haven't noticed (but also haven't
> specifically looked for) a change in their frequency.

Weird.  I guess I can ignore it for now, as I haven't noticed any
negative side effects.  It would be nice if there was an effective
means of debugging it though (other than turning on SQL logging, which
is going to fill up my disks in a matter of hours).