TL;DR: # Subscribing Neon to an external publisher ## The trap Direction confusion: "enable logical replication" must happen where the data comes from. Replicating into Neon means the source (RDS, self-hosted Postgres, etc.) needs `wal_level = logical`

## Fix
1. # Subscribing Neon to an external publisher ## The trap Direction confusion: "enable logical replication" must happen where the data comes from.
   Expected: this specific failure stops.
2. and a restart, not your Neon project. ## The rule 1.
   Expected: this specific failure stops.
3. On the source database: set.
   Expected: this specific failure stops.
4. , restart, create the publication and replication slot.
   Expected: this specific failure stops.
5. must allow it.
   Expected: this specific failure stops.

## Details
`wal_level = logical` `wal_level = logical` 2. In Neon: create the subscription pointing at the source with the direct connection details. 3. The replication connection originates from Neon toward the source; the source's firewall and `pg_hba` 4.

## When to use
You hit exactly this: Replicating into Neon: enable logical replication on the source in Replicating into Neon.

## When not to use
A different error, or the same symptom in a different tool. This page only covers the failure above.

## Compatibility
Replicating into Neon.

## Root cause
Replicating into Neon means the source (RDS, self-hosted Postgres, etc.) needs

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