On 3rd of February 2026, Fujii Masao committed patch:
psql: Add %i prompt escape to indicate hot standby status. This commit introduces a new prompt escape %i for psql, which shows whether the connected server is operating in hot standby mode. It expands to standby if the server reports in_hot_standby = on, and primary otherwise. This is useful for distinguishing standby servers from primary ones at a glance, especially when working with multiple connections in replicated environments where libpq's multi-host connection strings are used. Author: Jim Jones <jim.jones@uni-muenster.de> Reviewed-by: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Srinath Reddy Sadipiralla <srinath2133@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Chao Li <li.evan.chao@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Andreas Karlsson <andreas@proxel.se> Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/016f6738-f9a9-4e98-bb5a-e1e4b9591d46@uni-muenster.de