====== issues ====== ===== invalid primary checkpoint record ===== After unclean shutdown: user=,db=,app=,client= LOG: invalid primary checkpoint record user=,db=,app=,client= PANIC: could not locate a valid checkpoint record Postgresql running from official docker container. **Solution:** Prevent container from restarting: docker-compose stop db services: db: image: postgres:12-alpine command: bash run it interactively: docker-compose run db and reset WAL: su postgres -c '/usr/local/bin/pg_resetwal -f /var/lib/postgresql/data'