The systemd unit file for pg_hardstorage wal stream is missing.

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What happened

The DEB package currently includes pg_hardstorage.service and pg_hardstorage@.service for the pg_hardstorage agent, but it does not provide a unit file for pg_hardstorage wal stream.The ExecStart lines of pg_hardstorage.service and pg_hardstorage@.service are as follows:

ExecStart=/usr/bin/pg_hardstorage agent

However, multiple sections of the documentation seem to describe pg_hardstorage.service as being used to perform the pg_hardstorage wal stream function. For example:

"Tutorials" -> "2.4 Start the WAL streamer (this is the always-on core)" https://docs.pghardstorage.org/tutorials/getting-started/#24-start-the-wal-streamer-this-is-the-always-on-core:

The stream is gap-free across agent restarts. Supervise it with systemd (the package ships pg_hardstorage@<deployment>.service for exactly this) or your container scheduler.

"R1 - Repo region gone" -> "Stop the streamer so PG isn't blocked indefinitely." https://docs.pghardstorage.org/reference/runbooks/R1-repo-region-gone/#procedure :

systemctl stop pg_hardstorage
# or send SIGTERM to the wal stream process

So, does pg_hardstorage.service serve both the agent and WAL streaming functions, or is another systemd unit file provided specifically for pg_hardstorage wal stream?

To reproduce

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pg_hardstorage version

pg_hardstorage 1.3.5 (3ac1c37, built 2026-09-01T09:09:57Z)

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Logs

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Environment

• OS: Debian 12.15
• Architecture: amd64
• PG: 18.6
• Repo backend: fs
• Coordination: single-host

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