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### Message: `WARNING: oldest xmin is far in the past` and `pg_wal` size growing
If a replication slot is inactive,
the
`pg_wal`
logs corresponding to the slot are reserved forever
(or until the slot is active again). This causes continuous disk usage growth
and the following messages appear repeatedly in the
[
PostgreSQL logs
](
../../logs.md#postgresql-logs
)
:
```
plaintext
WARNING: oldest xmin is far in the past
HINT: Close open transactions soon to avoid wraparound problems.
You might also need to commit or roll back old prepared transactions, or drop stale replication slots.
```
To fix this, do the following:
1.
[
Connect to the primary database
](
https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/database.html#connecting-to-the-bundled-postgresql-database
)
.
1.
Run
`SELECT * FROM pg_replication_slots;`
.
1.
Note the
`slot_name`
that reports
`active`
as
`f`
(false).
1.
Follow
[
all these steps to remove that Geo site
](
remove_geo_site.md
)
.
## Fixing errors found when running the Geo check Rake task
When running this Rake task, you may see errors if the nodes are not properly configured:
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