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CDC Asynchronous AutoLog Archive Mode second CDC not capturing: WAITING FOR DICTIONARY REDO: SCN xxx (Doc ID 746613.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 29, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.2.0.1 to 11.1.0.7 [Release 10.2 to 11.1]
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Asynchronous AutoLog Archive Mode has been setup and is working as expected.

Changes

After adding a second change set using API DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH.CREATE_CHANGE_SET, you observe that the second capture process is stuck in state "WAITING FOR DICTIONARY REDO: SCN xxx" at start_scn of the source created for the first table and nothing is being captured.

Cause

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