> [!WALBootstrapSync] > <table><tr><td rowspan="4" width="25%"><img src="assets/wl_io_walbootstrapsync.png"></td><td><b>Wait Category</b></td><td>IO</td></tr><tr><td><b>Mechanism</b></td><td><code>initdb</code></td></tr><tr><td><b>Operations</b></td><td><a href="Operations/Table/SeqScan">SeqScan</a></td></tr><tr><td><b>Resources</b></td><td><a href="Resources/disk IO">disk IO</a>, <a href="Resources/CPU">CPU</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><b>Cluster Genesis Durability Barrier</b>. Before a Postgres instance can officially be considered "initialized," it must generate the first set of control records and WAL segments and ensure they are permanent.</td></tr></table>