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Disabling columnstore does not pause columnstore policies

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#8,960 opened on Nov 20, 2025

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Description

When disabling columnstore on a hypertable any existing columnstore policies are not paused/removed.

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Research direction
Investigate the code path for disabling columnstore and identify where columnstore policies are started. Ensure that when columnstore is disabled, all related policies are paused or removed.
Tech stack
cpostgresql
Domain
backenddatabase
Issue type
Bug
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3
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Half day
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Active
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Clear
Prerequisites
CPostgreSQL
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40