> [!NOTE] ![[assets/wl_activity_walsenderwaitwal.png|256]]
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> | | |
> | :--- | :--- |
> | **Wait Category** | Activity |
> | **Mechanism** | `WalSenderWaitForWAL` |
> | **Operations** | [[Operations/Distributed/Redistribute]] |
> | **Resources** | [[Resources/disk IO]], [[Resources/CPU|CPU]] |
>
> **Primary-Side Durability Lag**. To ensure data integrity, a WAL Sender cannot stream records that have not yet been durably persisted to the primary's own `pg_wal` directory.