> [!info] WalSenderWaitForWAL > <table><tr><td rowspan="4" width="25%"><img src="assets/wl_client_walsenderwaitforwal.png"></td><td><b>Wait Category</b></td><td>Client</td></tr><tr><td><b>Mechanism</b></td><td><code>WalSenderMain</code></td></tr><tr><td><b>Operations</b></td><td><a href="Operations/Distributed/Redistribute">Redistribute</a></td></tr><tr><td><b>Resources</b></td><td><a href="Resources/disk IO">disk IO</a>, <a href="Resources/Network">Network</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><b>Primary-Side Durability Lag</b>. The WAL Sender is waiting for the local WAL writer to flush new transaction log records to the disk. (Analogized by an eager pigeon with a giant ear trumpet standing on a wobbly desk, waiting for a sleepy sloth to slowly record a new transaction in the ledger).</td></tr></table>