PGWire does not disconnect when receiving ILP traffic
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Description
Describe the bug
A user reported that when sending ILP traffic to PG the connection is maintained and the ILP client silently continues sending data to - effectively - nowehere.
https://github.com/questdb/py-questdb-client/issues/20
We should reject ILP traffic in the PG handling code and disconnect with an error.
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Research direction
Start by locating QuestDB's PGWire handling code and the path that receives ILP traffic. Trace how the connection currently handles that input; done means ILP traffic is rejected, the client receives an error, and the connection disconnects.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- backend, databases
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100