diff --git a/contrib/test_decoding/Makefile b/contrib/test_decoding/Makefile
index 309cb0b39a3198acbd40c0bb82f76a08c6d8fed2..a6641f5040d5efc9e42f265054c58ab8c66baf5d 100644
--- a/contrib/test_decoding/Makefile
+++ b/contrib/test_decoding/Makefile
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ submake-test_decoding:
 	$(MAKE) -C $(top_builddir)/contrib/test_decoding
 
 REGRESSCHECKS=ddl xact rewrite toast permissions decoding_in_xact \
-	decoding_into_rel binary prepared replorigin time messages
+	decoding_into_rel binary prepared replorigin time messages \
+	spill
 
 regresscheck: | submake-regress submake-test_decoding temp-install
 	$(MKDIR_P) regression_output
diff --git a/contrib/test_decoding/expected/spill.out b/contrib/test_decoding/expected/spill.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..363e9a3d17cfbd6757ac51be8466ae881918ef52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/test_decoding/expected/spill.out
@@ -0,0 +1,256 @@
+-- predictability
+SET synchronous_commit = on;
+SELECT 'init' FROM pg_create_logical_replication_slot('regression_slot', 'test_decoding');
+ ?column? 
+----------
+ init
+(1 row)
+
+CREATE TABLE spill_test(data text);
+-- consume DDL
+SELECT data FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL, NULL, 'include-xids', '0', 'skip-empty-xacts', '1');
+ data 
+------
+(0 rows)
+
+-- spilling main xact
+BEGIN;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-topbig--1:'||g.i FROM generate_series(1, 5000) g(i);
+COMMIT;
+SELECT (regexp_split_to_array(data, ':'))[4], COUNT(*), (array_agg(data))[1], (array_agg(data))[count(*)]
+FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL,NULL) WHERE data ~ 'INSERT'
+GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 1;
+ regexp_split_to_array | count |                              array_agg                              |                               array_agg                                
+-----------------------+-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ 'serialize-topbig--1  |  5000 | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-topbig--1:1' | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-topbig--1:5000'
+(1 row)
+
+-- spilling subxact, nothing in main
+BEGIN;
+SAVEPOINT s;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-subbig--1:'||g.i FROM generate_series(1, 5000) g(i);
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s;
+COMMIT;
+SELECT (regexp_split_to_array(data, ':'))[4], COUNT(*), (array_agg(data))[1], (array_agg(data))[count(*)]
+FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL,NULL) WHERE data ~ 'INSERT'
+GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 1;
+ regexp_split_to_array | count |                              array_agg                              |                               array_agg                                
+-----------------------+-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ 'serialize-subbig--1  |  5000 | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-subbig--1:1' | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-subbig--1:5000'
+(1 row)
+
+-- spilling subxact, spilling main xact
+BEGIN;
+SAVEPOINT s;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-subbig-topbig--1:'||g.i FROM generate_series(1, 5000) g(i);
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-subbig-topbig--2:'||g.i FROM generate_series(5001, 10000) g(i);
+COMMIT;
+SELECT (regexp_split_to_array(data, ':'))[4], COUNT(*), (array_agg(data))[1], (array_agg(data))[count(*)]
+FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL,NULL) WHERE data ~ 'INSERT'
+GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 1;
+    regexp_split_to_array    | count |                                   array_agg                                   |                                   array_agg                                    
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ 'serialize-subbig-topbig--1 |  5000 | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-subbig-topbig--1:1'    | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-subbig-topbig--1:5000'
+ 'serialize-subbig-topbig--2 |  5000 | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-subbig-topbig--2:5001' | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-subbig-topbig--2:10000'
+(2 rows)
+
+-- spilling subxact, non-spilling main xact
+BEGIN;
+SAVEPOINT s;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-subbig-topsmall--1:'||g.i FROM generate_series(1, 5000) g(i);
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-subbig-topsmall--2:'||g.i FROM generate_series(5001, 5001) g(i);
+COMMIT;
+SELECT (regexp_split_to_array(data, ':'))[4], COUNT(*), (array_agg(data))[1], (array_agg(data))[count(*)]
+FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL,NULL) WHERE data ~ 'INSERT'
+GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 1;
+     regexp_split_to_array     | count |                                    array_agg                                    |                                    array_agg                                    
+-------------------------------+-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ 'serialize-subbig-topsmall--1 |  5000 | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-subbig-topsmall--1:1'    | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-subbig-topsmall--1:5000'
+ 'serialize-subbig-topsmall--2 |     1 | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-subbig-topsmall--2:5001' | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-subbig-topsmall--2:5001'
+(2 rows)
+
+-- not-spilling subxact, spilling main xact
+BEGIN;
+SAVEPOINT s;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-subbig-topbig--1:'||g.i FROM generate_series(1, 5000) g(i);
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-subbig-topbig--2:'||g.i FROM generate_series(5001, 10000) g(i);
+COMMIT;
+SELECT (regexp_split_to_array(data, ':'))[4], COUNT(*), (array_agg(data))[1], (array_agg(data))[count(*)]
+FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL,NULL) WHERE data ~ 'INSERT'
+GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 1;
+    regexp_split_to_array    | count |                                   array_agg                                   |                                   array_agg                                    
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ 'serialize-subbig-topbig--1 |  5000 | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-subbig-topbig--1:1'    | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-subbig-topbig--1:5000'
+ 'serialize-subbig-topbig--2 |  5000 | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-subbig-topbig--2:5001' | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-subbig-topbig--2:10000'
+(2 rows)
+
+-- spilling main xact, spilling subxact
+BEGIN;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-topbig-subbig--1:'||g.i FROM generate_series(1, 5000) g(i);
+SAVEPOINT s;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-topbig-subbig--2:'||g.i FROM generate_series(5001, 10000) g(i);
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s;
+COMMIT;
+SELECT (regexp_split_to_array(data, ':'))[4], COUNT(*), (array_agg(data))[1], (array_agg(data))[count(*)]
+FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL,NULL) WHERE data ~ 'INSERT'
+GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 1;
+    regexp_split_to_array    | count |                                   array_agg                                   |                                   array_agg                                    
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ 'serialize-topbig-subbig--1 |  5000 | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-topbig-subbig--1:1'    | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-topbig-subbig--1:5000'
+ 'serialize-topbig-subbig--2 |  5000 | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-topbig-subbig--2:5001' | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-topbig-subbig--2:10000'
+(2 rows)
+
+-- spilling main xact, not spilling subxact
+BEGIN;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-topbig-subsmall--1:'||g.i FROM generate_series(1, 5000) g(i);
+SAVEPOINT s;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-topbig-subsmall--2:'||g.i FROM generate_series(5001, 5001) g(i);
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s;
+COMMIT;
+SELECT (regexp_split_to_array(data, ':'))[4], COUNT(*), (array_agg(data))[1], (array_agg(data))[count(*)]
+FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL,NULL) WHERE data ~ 'INSERT'
+GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 1;
+     regexp_split_to_array     | count |                                    array_agg                                    |                                    array_agg                                    
+-------------------------------+-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ 'serialize-topbig-subsmall--1 |  5000 | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-topbig-subsmall--1:1'    | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-topbig-subsmall--1:5000'
+ 'serialize-topbig-subsmall--2 |     1 | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-topbig-subsmall--2:5001' | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-topbig-subsmall--2:5001'
+(2 rows)
+
+-- spilling subxact, followed by another spilling subxact
+BEGIN;
+SAVEPOINT s1;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-subbig-subbig--1:'||g.i FROM generate_series(1, 5000) g(i);
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s1;
+SAVEPOINT s2;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-subbig-subbig--2:'||g.i FROM generate_series(5001, 10000) g(i);
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s2;
+COMMIT;
+SELECT (regexp_split_to_array(data, ':'))[4], COUNT(*), (array_agg(data))[1], (array_agg(data))[count(*)]
+FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL,NULL) WHERE data ~ 'INSERT'
+GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 1;
+    regexp_split_to_array    | count |                                   array_agg                                   |                                   array_agg                                    
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ 'serialize-subbig-subbig--1 |  5000 | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-subbig-subbig--1:1'    | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-subbig-subbig--1:5000'
+ 'serialize-subbig-subbig--2 |  5000 | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-subbig-subbig--2:5001' | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-subbig-subbig--2:10000'
+(2 rows)
+
+-- spilling subxact, followed by not spilling subxact
+BEGIN;
+SAVEPOINT s1;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-subbig-subsmall--1:'||g.i FROM generate_series(1, 5000) g(i);
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s1;
+SAVEPOINT s2;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-subbig-subsmall--2:'||g.i FROM generate_series(5001, 5001) g(i);
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s2;
+COMMIT;
+SELECT (regexp_split_to_array(data, ':'))[4], COUNT(*), (array_agg(data))[1], (array_agg(data))[count(*)]
+FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL,NULL) WHERE data ~ 'INSERT'
+GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 1;
+     regexp_split_to_array     | count |                                    array_agg                                    |                                    array_agg                                    
+-------------------------------+-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ 'serialize-subbig-subsmall--1 |  5000 | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-subbig-subsmall--1:1'    | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-subbig-subsmall--1:5000'
+ 'serialize-subbig-subsmall--2 |     1 | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-subbig-subsmall--2:5001' | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-subbig-subsmall--2:5001'
+(2 rows)
+
+-- not spilling subxact, followed by spilling subxact
+BEGIN;
+SAVEPOINT s1;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-subsmall-subbig--1:'||g.i FROM generate_series(1, 1) g(i);
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s1;
+SAVEPOINT s2;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-subsmall-subbig--2:'||g.i FROM generate_series(2, 5001) g(i);
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s2;
+COMMIT;
+SELECT (regexp_split_to_array(data, ':'))[4], COUNT(*), (array_agg(data))[1], (array_agg(data))[count(*)]
+FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL,NULL) WHERE data ~ 'INSERT'
+GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 1;
+     regexp_split_to_array     | count |                                  array_agg                                   |                                    array_agg                                    
+-------------------------------+-------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ 'serialize-subsmall-subbig--1 |     1 | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-subsmall-subbig--1:1' | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-subsmall-subbig--1:1'
+ 'serialize-subsmall-subbig--2 |  5000 | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-subsmall-subbig--2:2' | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-subsmall-subbig--2:5001'
+(2 rows)
+
+-- spilling subxact, containing another spilling subxact
+BEGIN;
+SAVEPOINT s1;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-nested-subbig-subbig--1:'||g.i FROM generate_series(1, 5000) g(i);
+SAVEPOINT s2;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-nested-subbig-subbig--2:'||g.i FROM generate_series(5001, 10000) g(i);
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s2;
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s1;
+COMMIT;
+SELECT (regexp_split_to_array(data, ':'))[4], COUNT(*), (array_agg(data))[1], (array_agg(data))[count(*)]
+FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL,NULL) WHERE data ~ 'INSERT'
+GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 1;
+       regexp_split_to_array        | count |                                      array_agg                                       |                                       array_agg                                       
+------------------------------------+-------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ 'serialize-nested-subbig-subbig--1 |  5000 | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-nested-subbig-subbig--1:1'    | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-nested-subbig-subbig--1:5000'
+ 'serialize-nested-subbig-subbig--2 |  5000 | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-nested-subbig-subbig--2:5001' | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-nested-subbig-subbig--2:10000'
+(2 rows)
+
+-- spilling subxact, containing a not spilling subxact
+BEGIN;
+SAVEPOINT s1;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-nested-subbig-subsmall--1:'||g.i FROM generate_series(1, 5000) g(i);
+SAVEPOINT s2;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-nested-subbig-subsmall--2:'||g.i FROM generate_series(5001, 5001) g(i);
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s2;
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s1;
+COMMIT;
+SELECT (regexp_split_to_array(data, ':'))[4], COUNT(*), (array_agg(data))[1], (array_agg(data))[count(*)]
+FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL,NULL) WHERE data ~ 'INSERT'
+GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 1;
+        regexp_split_to_array         | count |                                       array_agg                                        |                                       array_agg                                        
+--------------------------------------+-------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ 'serialize-nested-subbig-subsmall--1 |  5000 | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-nested-subbig-subsmall--1:1'    | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-nested-subbig-subsmall--1:5000'
+ 'serialize-nested-subbig-subsmall--2 |     1 | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-nested-subbig-subsmall--2:5001' | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-nested-subbig-subsmall--2:5001'
+(2 rows)
+
+-- not spilling subxact, containing a spilling subxact
+BEGIN;
+SAVEPOINT s1;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-nested-subsmall-subbig--1:'||g.i FROM generate_series(1, 1) g(i);
+SAVEPOINT s2;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-nested-subsmall-subbig--2:'||g.i FROM generate_series(2, 5001) g(i);
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s2;
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s1;
+COMMIT;
+SELECT (regexp_split_to_array(data, ':'))[4], COUNT(*), (array_agg(data))[1], (array_agg(data))[count(*)]
+FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL,NULL) WHERE data ~ 'INSERT'
+GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 1;
+        regexp_split_to_array         | count |                                      array_agg                                      |                                       array_agg                                        
+--------------------------------------+-------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ 'serialize-nested-subsmall-subbig--1 |     1 | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-nested-subsmall-subbig--1:1' | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-nested-subsmall-subbig--1:1'
+ 'serialize-nested-subsmall-subbig--2 |  5000 | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-nested-subsmall-subbig--2:2' | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-nested-subsmall-subbig--2:5001'
+(2 rows)
+
+-- not spilling subxact, containing a spilling subxact that aborts and one that commits
+BEGIN;
+SAVEPOINT s1;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-nested-subbig-subbigabort--1:'||g.i FROM generate_series(1, 5000) g(i);
+SAVEPOINT s2;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-nested-subbig-subbigabort--2:'||g.i FROM generate_series(5001, 10000) g(i);
+ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT s2;
+SAVEPOINT s3;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-nested-subbig-subbigabort-subbig-3:'||g.i FROM generate_series(5001, 10000) g(i);
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s1;
+COMMIT;
+SELECT (regexp_split_to_array(data, ':'))[4], COUNT(*), (array_agg(data))[1], (array_agg(data))[count(*)]
+FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL,NULL) WHERE data ~ 'INSERT'
+GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 1;
+             regexp_split_to_array             | count |                                            array_agg                                            |                                            array_agg                                             
+-----------------------------------------------+-------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ 'serialize-nested-subbig-subbigabort--1       |  5000 | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-nested-subbig-subbigabort--1:1'          | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-nested-subbig-subbigabort--1:5000'
+ 'serialize-nested-subbig-subbigabort-subbig-3 |  5000 | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-nested-subbig-subbigabort-subbig-3:5001' | table public.spill_test: INSERT: data[text]:'serialize-nested-subbig-subbigabort-subbig-3:10000'
+(2 rows)
+
+DROP TABLE spill_test;
+SELECT pg_drop_replication_slot('regression_slot');
+ pg_drop_replication_slot 
+--------------------------
+ 
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/contrib/test_decoding/sql/spill.sql b/contrib/test_decoding/sql/spill.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..358af0bfcd4693218cb4a17a3818b5cd0637dc8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/test_decoding/sql/spill.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+-- predictability
+SET synchronous_commit = on;
+
+SELECT 'init' FROM pg_create_logical_replication_slot('regression_slot', 'test_decoding');
+
+CREATE TABLE spill_test(data text);
+
+-- consume DDL
+SELECT data FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL, NULL, 'include-xids', '0', 'skip-empty-xacts', '1');
+
+-- spilling main xact
+BEGIN;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-topbig--1:'||g.i FROM generate_series(1, 5000) g(i);
+COMMIT;
+SELECT (regexp_split_to_array(data, ':'))[4], COUNT(*), (array_agg(data))[1], (array_agg(data))[count(*)]
+FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL,NULL) WHERE data ~ 'INSERT'
+GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 1;
+
+-- spilling subxact, nothing in main
+BEGIN;
+SAVEPOINT s;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-subbig--1:'||g.i FROM generate_series(1, 5000) g(i);
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s;
+COMMIT;
+SELECT (regexp_split_to_array(data, ':'))[4], COUNT(*), (array_agg(data))[1], (array_agg(data))[count(*)]
+FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL,NULL) WHERE data ~ 'INSERT'
+GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 1;
+
+-- spilling subxact, spilling main xact
+BEGIN;
+SAVEPOINT s;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-subbig-topbig--1:'||g.i FROM generate_series(1, 5000) g(i);
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-subbig-topbig--2:'||g.i FROM generate_series(5001, 10000) g(i);
+COMMIT;
+SELECT (regexp_split_to_array(data, ':'))[4], COUNT(*), (array_agg(data))[1], (array_agg(data))[count(*)]
+FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL,NULL) WHERE data ~ 'INSERT'
+GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 1;
+
+-- spilling subxact, non-spilling main xact
+BEGIN;
+SAVEPOINT s;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-subbig-topsmall--1:'||g.i FROM generate_series(1, 5000) g(i);
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-subbig-topsmall--2:'||g.i FROM generate_series(5001, 5001) g(i);
+COMMIT;
+SELECT (regexp_split_to_array(data, ':'))[4], COUNT(*), (array_agg(data))[1], (array_agg(data))[count(*)]
+FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL,NULL) WHERE data ~ 'INSERT'
+GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 1;
+
+-- not-spilling subxact, spilling main xact
+BEGIN;
+SAVEPOINT s;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-subbig-topbig--1:'||g.i FROM generate_series(1, 5000) g(i);
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-subbig-topbig--2:'||g.i FROM generate_series(5001, 10000) g(i);
+COMMIT;
+SELECT (regexp_split_to_array(data, ':'))[4], COUNT(*), (array_agg(data))[1], (array_agg(data))[count(*)]
+FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL,NULL) WHERE data ~ 'INSERT'
+GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 1;
+
+-- spilling main xact, spilling subxact
+BEGIN;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-topbig-subbig--1:'||g.i FROM generate_series(1, 5000) g(i);
+SAVEPOINT s;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-topbig-subbig--2:'||g.i FROM generate_series(5001, 10000) g(i);
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s;
+COMMIT;
+SELECT (regexp_split_to_array(data, ':'))[4], COUNT(*), (array_agg(data))[1], (array_agg(data))[count(*)]
+FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL,NULL) WHERE data ~ 'INSERT'
+GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 1;
+
+-- spilling main xact, not spilling subxact
+BEGIN;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-topbig-subsmall--1:'||g.i FROM generate_series(1, 5000) g(i);
+SAVEPOINT s;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-topbig-subsmall--2:'||g.i FROM generate_series(5001, 5001) g(i);
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s;
+COMMIT;
+SELECT (regexp_split_to_array(data, ':'))[4], COUNT(*), (array_agg(data))[1], (array_agg(data))[count(*)]
+FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL,NULL) WHERE data ~ 'INSERT'
+GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 1;
+
+-- spilling subxact, followed by another spilling subxact
+BEGIN;
+SAVEPOINT s1;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-subbig-subbig--1:'||g.i FROM generate_series(1, 5000) g(i);
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s1;
+SAVEPOINT s2;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-subbig-subbig--2:'||g.i FROM generate_series(5001, 10000) g(i);
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s2;
+COMMIT;
+SELECT (regexp_split_to_array(data, ':'))[4], COUNT(*), (array_agg(data))[1], (array_agg(data))[count(*)]
+FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL,NULL) WHERE data ~ 'INSERT'
+GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 1;
+
+-- spilling subxact, followed by not spilling subxact
+BEGIN;
+SAVEPOINT s1;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-subbig-subsmall--1:'||g.i FROM generate_series(1, 5000) g(i);
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s1;
+SAVEPOINT s2;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-subbig-subsmall--2:'||g.i FROM generate_series(5001, 5001) g(i);
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s2;
+COMMIT;
+SELECT (regexp_split_to_array(data, ':'))[4], COUNT(*), (array_agg(data))[1], (array_agg(data))[count(*)]
+FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL,NULL) WHERE data ~ 'INSERT'
+GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 1;
+
+-- not spilling subxact, followed by spilling subxact
+BEGIN;
+SAVEPOINT s1;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-subsmall-subbig--1:'||g.i FROM generate_series(1, 1) g(i);
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s1;
+SAVEPOINT s2;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-subsmall-subbig--2:'||g.i FROM generate_series(2, 5001) g(i);
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s2;
+COMMIT;
+SELECT (regexp_split_to_array(data, ':'))[4], COUNT(*), (array_agg(data))[1], (array_agg(data))[count(*)]
+FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL,NULL) WHERE data ~ 'INSERT'
+GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 1;
+
+-- spilling subxact, containing another spilling subxact
+BEGIN;
+SAVEPOINT s1;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-nested-subbig-subbig--1:'||g.i FROM generate_series(1, 5000) g(i);
+SAVEPOINT s2;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-nested-subbig-subbig--2:'||g.i FROM generate_series(5001, 10000) g(i);
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s2;
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s1;
+COMMIT;
+SELECT (regexp_split_to_array(data, ':'))[4], COUNT(*), (array_agg(data))[1], (array_agg(data))[count(*)]
+FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL,NULL) WHERE data ~ 'INSERT'
+GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 1;
+
+-- spilling subxact, containing a not spilling subxact
+BEGIN;
+SAVEPOINT s1;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-nested-subbig-subsmall--1:'||g.i FROM generate_series(1, 5000) g(i);
+SAVEPOINT s2;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-nested-subbig-subsmall--2:'||g.i FROM generate_series(5001, 5001) g(i);
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s2;
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s1;
+COMMIT;
+SELECT (regexp_split_to_array(data, ':'))[4], COUNT(*), (array_agg(data))[1], (array_agg(data))[count(*)]
+FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL,NULL) WHERE data ~ 'INSERT'
+GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 1;
+
+-- not spilling subxact, containing a spilling subxact
+BEGIN;
+SAVEPOINT s1;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-nested-subsmall-subbig--1:'||g.i FROM generate_series(1, 1) g(i);
+SAVEPOINT s2;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-nested-subsmall-subbig--2:'||g.i FROM generate_series(2, 5001) g(i);
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s2;
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s1;
+COMMIT;
+SELECT (regexp_split_to_array(data, ':'))[4], COUNT(*), (array_agg(data))[1], (array_agg(data))[count(*)]
+FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL,NULL) WHERE data ~ 'INSERT'
+GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 1;
+
+-- not spilling subxact, containing a spilling subxact that aborts and one that commits
+BEGIN;
+SAVEPOINT s1;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-nested-subbig-subbigabort--1:'||g.i FROM generate_series(1, 5000) g(i);
+SAVEPOINT s2;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-nested-subbig-subbigabort--2:'||g.i FROM generate_series(5001, 10000) g(i);
+ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT s2;
+SAVEPOINT s3;
+INSERT INTO spill_test SELECT 'serialize-nested-subbig-subbigabort-subbig-3:'||g.i FROM generate_series(5001, 10000) g(i);
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s1;
+COMMIT;
+SELECT (regexp_split_to_array(data, ':'))[4], COUNT(*), (array_agg(data))[1], (array_agg(data))[count(*)]
+FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL,NULL) WHERE data ~ 'INSERT'
+GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 1;
+
+DROP TABLE spill_test;
+
+SELECT pg_drop_replication_slot('regression_slot');
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/reorderbuffer.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/reorderbuffer.c
index e2a502c443147c1d3edf14ce6e373c32e0e7dd80..6ad7e7de76c64397371fdcd71c64756b9c610ed5 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/reorderbuffer.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/reorderbuffer.c
@@ -935,8 +935,12 @@ ReorderBufferIterTXNInit(ReorderBuffer *rb, ReorderBufferTXN *txn)
 		ReorderBufferChange *cur_change;
 
 		if (txn->nentries != txn->nentries_mem)
+		{
+			/* serialize remaining changes */
+			ReorderBufferSerializeTXN(rb, txn);
 			ReorderBufferRestoreChanges(rb, txn, &state->entries[off].fd,
 										&state->entries[off].segno);
+		}
 
 		cur_change = dlist_head_element(ReorderBufferChange, node,
 										&txn->changes);
@@ -960,10 +964,13 @@ ReorderBufferIterTXNInit(ReorderBuffer *rb, ReorderBufferTXN *txn)
 			ReorderBufferChange *cur_change;
 
 			if (cur_txn->nentries != cur_txn->nentries_mem)
+			{
+				/* serialize remaining changes */
+				ReorderBufferSerializeTXN(rb, cur_txn);
 				ReorderBufferRestoreChanges(rb, cur_txn,
 											&state->entries[off].fd,
 											&state->entries[off].segno);
-
+			}
 			cur_change = dlist_head_element(ReorderBufferChange, node,
 											&cur_txn->changes);
 
@@ -1367,10 +1374,6 @@ ReorderBufferCommit(ReorderBuffer *rb, TransactionId xid,
 	txn->origin_id = origin_id;
 	txn->origin_lsn = origin_lsn;
 
-	/* serialize the last bunch of changes if we need start earlier anyway */
-	if (txn->nentries_mem != txn->nentries)
-		ReorderBufferSerializeTXN(rb, txn);
-
 	/*
 	 * If this transaction didn't have any real changes in our database, it's
 	 * OK not to have a snapshot. Note that ReorderBufferCommitChild will have