I agree that is a little weird. It should at least be configurable if you want that behavior or not. 9.4 introduces the ALTER SYSTEM command which may make it e

I agree that is a little weird. It should at least be configurable if you want that behavior or not. 9.4 introduces the ALTER SYSTEM command which may make it easier to automate the process of disabling synchronous_standby_names when a failover happens. There are some other improvements to replication in 9.4 as well. https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/What%27s_new_in_PostgreSQL_9.4 https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/What%27s_new_in_PostgreSQL_...