postgres=# create database test;
        ERROR:  source database "template1" is being accessed by other users
        DETAIL:  There is 1 other session using the database.

wd_lifecheck_dbname = 'template1'
wd_lifecheck_user = 'nobody'
wd_lifecheck_password = ''

wd_lifecheck_dbname = 'template1'
wd_lifecheck_user = 'postgres'
wd_lifecheck_password = ''

wd_lifecheck_dbname = 'postgres'
wd_lifecheck_user = 'postgres'
wd_lifecheck_password = ''

Mar 18 21:10:17 node-a pgpool[16583]: 2019-03-18 21:10:17: pid 16642: LOG:  forked new pcp worker, pid=8534 socket=7
Mar 18 21:10:17 node-a pgpool[16583]: 2019-03-18 21:10:17: pid 8534: LOG:  starting recovering node 1
Mar 18 21:10:17 node-a pgpool[16583]: 2019-03-18 21:10:17: pid 8534: LOG:  executing recovery
Mar 18 21:10:17 node-a pgpool[16583]: 2019-03-18 21:10:17: pid 8534: DETAIL:  starting recovery command: "SELECT pgpool_recovery('recovery_1st_stage', 'node-a-ip', '/data/test/data', '5438', 1)"
Mar 18 21:10:17 node-a pgpool[16583]: 2019-03-18 21:10:17: pid 8534: LOG:  executing recovery
Mar 18 21:10:17 node-a pgpool[16583]: 2019-03-18 21:10:17: pid 8534: DETAIL:  disabling statement_timeout
Mar 18 21:10:18 node-a pgpool[16583]: 2019-03-18 21:10:18: pid 8534: LOG:  node recovery, 1st stage is done
Mar 18 21:11:37 node-a pgpool[16583]: 2019-03-18 21:11:37: pid 8534: LOG:  checking if postmaster is started
Mar 18 21:11:37 node-a pgpool[16583]: 2019-03-18 21:11:37: pid 8534: DETAIL:  trying to connect to postmaster on hostname:node-b-ip database:postgres user:postgres (retry 0 times)
...
...2 more times
Mar 18 21:11:49 node-a pgpool[16583]: 2019-03-18 21:11:49: pid 8534: LOG:  checking if postmaster is started
Mar 18 21:11:49 node-a pgpool[16583]: 2019-03-18 21:11:49: pid 8534: DETAIL:  trying to connect to postmaster on hostname:node-a-ip database:template1 user:postgres (retry 0 times)
...it keeps on trying till i press ctrl+c on pcp command windows . I have seen it going upto 30 or more.