| Type: | integer |
| Default: | 0 (0s) |
| Min: | 0 (0s) |
| Max: | 60 (1min) |
| Unit: | seconds (s) |
| Context: | sighup |
| Restart: | false |
The amount of time to delay just after a new server process is forked, before it conducts the authentication procedure. This is intended to give developers an opportunity to attach to the server process with a debugger to trace down misbehavior in authentication. If this value is specified without units, it is taken as seconds. A value of zero (the default) disables the delay. This parameter can only be set in the postgresql.conf file or on the server command line.
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Primarily used for attaching debuggers to sessions.