auth_delay
pause briefly before reporting authentication failure
Overview
| 7970 | auth_delay | auth_delay | - | SEC  | PostgreSQL  | C  | 
Attributes
| Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Unknown | No | - | 
Packages
| EL | CONTRIB  | postgresql$v-contrib | - | - | 18 17 16 15 14 13  | 
| Debian | CONTRIB  | postgresql-$v | - | - | 18 17 16 15 14 13  | 
See Also
Availability
| PG18 | PG17 | PG16 | PG15 | PG14 | PG13 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
el8.x86_64 | -  | -  | -  | -  | -  | -  | 
el8.aarch64 | -  | -  | -  | -  | -  | -  | 
el9.x86_64 | -  | -  | -  | -  | -  | -  | 
el9.aarch64 | -  | -  | -  | -  | -  | -  | 
d12.x86_64 | -  | -  | -  | -  | -  | -  | 
d12.aarch64 | -  | -  | -  | -  | -  | -  | 
u22.x86_64 | -  | -  | -  | -  | -  | -  | 
u22.aarch64 | -  | -  | -  | -  | -  | -  | 
u24.x86_64 | -  | -  | -  | -  | -  | -  | 
u24.aarch64 | -  | -  | -  | -  | -  | -  | 
CONTRIB
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Download
This extension is built-in with PostgreSQL and does not need separate download.
Install
Extension 
auth_delay is PostgreSQL Built-in Contrib Extension which is installed along with the kernel/contrib.Load this extension by adding it to shared_preload_libraries:
# postgresql.conf
shared_preload_libraries = 'auth_delay'  # add to existing extensions if anyAfter modifying the configuration, restart PostgreSQL to load the extension.