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        If true, any error will terminate the current session.  By default,
        this is set to false, so that only FATAL errors will terminate the
        session.
       </p></dd><dt id="GUC-RESTART-AFTER-CRASH"><span class="term"><code class="varname">restart_after_crash</code> (<code class="type">boolean</code>)
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        When set to true, which is the default, <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>
        will automatically reinitialize after a backend crash.  Leaving this
        value set to true is normally the best way to maximize the availability
        of the database.  However, in some circumstances, such as when
        <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> is being invoked by clusterware, it may be
        useful to disable the restart so that the clusterware can gain
        control and take any actions it deems appropriate.
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