diff --git a/pageserver/src/walredo.rs b/pageserver/src/walredo.rs
index 531d3b9bf1..384355b20a 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/walredo.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/walredo.rs
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ pub struct PostgresRedoManager {
     /// See [`Self::launched_processes`].
     redo_process: heavier_once_cell::OnceCell<ProcessOnceCell>,
 
+    processes: [heavier_once_cell::OnceCell<ProcessOnceCell>; 4],
+
     /// Gate that is entered when launching a walredo process and held open
     /// until the process has been `kill()`ed and `wait()`ed upon.
     ///
@@ -215,10 +217,18 @@ impl PostgresRedoManager {
                     chrono::Utc::now().checked_sub_signed(chrono::Duration::from_std(age).ok()?)
                 })
             },
-            process: self.redo_process.get().and_then(|p| match &*p {
-                ProcessOnceCell::Spawned(p) => Some(WalRedoManagerProcessStatus { pid: p.id() }),
-                ProcessOnceCell::ManagerShutDown => None,
-            }),
+            process: self
+                .processes
+                .iter()
+                .filter_map(|p| {
+                    p.get().and_then(|p| match &*p {
+                        ProcessOnceCell::Spawned(p) => {
+                            Some(WalRedoManagerProcessStatus { pid: p.id() })
+                        }
+                        ProcessOnceCell::ManagerShutDown => None,
+                    })
+                })
+                .next(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -237,6 +247,7 @@ impl PostgresRedoManager {
             conf,
             last_redo_at: std::sync::Mutex::default(),
             redo_process: heavier_once_cell::OnceCell::default(),
+            processes: Default::default(),
             launched_processes: utils::sync::gate::Gate::default(),
         }
     }
@@ -256,26 +267,31 @@ impl PostgresRedoManager {
     ///
     /// This method is cancellation-safe.
     pub async fn shutdown(&self) -> bool {
-        // prevent new processes from being spawned
-        let maybe_permit = match self.redo_process.get_or_init_detached().await {
-            Ok(guard) => {
-                if matches!(&*guard, ProcessOnceCell::ManagerShutDown) {
-                    None
-                } else {
-                    let (proc, permit) = guard.take_and_deinit();
-                    drop(proc); // this just drops the Arc, its refcount may not be zero yet
-                    Some(permit)
+        let mut it_was_us = false;
+        for process in self.processes.iter() {
+            // prevent new processes from being spawned
+            let maybe_permit = match self.redo_process.get_or_init_detached().await {
+                Ok(guard) => {
+                    if matches!(&*guard, ProcessOnceCell::ManagerShutDown) {
+                        None
+                    } else {
+                        let (proc, permit) = guard.take_and_deinit();
+                        drop(proc); // this just drops the Arc, its refcount may not be zero yet
+                        Some(permit)
+                    }
                 }
-            }
-            Err(permit) => Some(permit),
-        };
-        let it_was_us = if let Some(permit) = maybe_permit {
-            self.redo_process
-                .set(ProcessOnceCell::ManagerShutDown, permit);
-            true
-        } else {
-            false
-        };
+                Err(permit) => Some(permit),
+            };
+            let i_cant_see_why_this = if let Some(permit) = maybe_permit {
+                process.set(ProcessOnceCell::ManagerShutDown, permit);
+                true
+            } else {
+                false
+            };
+
+            // TODO: or is correct?
+            it_was_us |= i_cant_see_why_this;
+        }
         // wait for ongoing requests to drain and the refcounts of all Arc<WalRedoProcess> that
         // we ever launched to drop to zero, which when it happens synchronously kill()s & wait()s
         // for the underlying process.
@@ -291,7 +307,10 @@ impl PostgresRedoManager {
             if let Some(last_redo_at) = *g {
                 if last_redo_at.elapsed() >= idle_timeout {
                     drop(g);
-                    drop(self.redo_process.get().map(|guard| guard.take_and_deinit()));
+
+                    self.processes.iter().for_each(|c| {
+                        drop(c.get().map(|guard| guard.take_and_deinit()));
+                    })
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -314,13 +333,23 @@ impl PostgresRedoManager {
         wal_redo_timeout: Duration,
         pg_version: u32,
     ) -> Result<Bytes, Error> {
+        assert!(
+            (14..=17).contains(&pg_version),
+            "this should be an enum, but no: {pg_version}"
+        );
         *(self.last_redo_at.lock().unwrap()) = Some(Instant::now());
 
         let (rel, blknum) = key.to_rel_block().context("invalid record")?;
         const MAX_RETRY_ATTEMPTS: u32 = 1;
         let mut n_attempts = 0u32;
         loop {
-            let proc: Arc<Process> = match self.redo_process.get_or_init_detached().await {
+            // handling multiple processes idea: just support N versions here, but the caller
+            // splits per parent_lsn in the case that:
+            // - reconstruct_data spans two versions
+            // - reconstruct_data went to parent???
+            let process = &self.processes[(pg_version - 14) as usize];
+
+            let proc: Arc<Process> = match process.get_or_init_detached().await {
                 Ok(guard) => match &*guard {
                     ProcessOnceCell::Spawned(proc) => Arc::clone(proc),
                     ProcessOnceCell::ManagerShutDown => {
@@ -353,8 +382,7 @@ impl PostgresRedoManager {
                         pid = proc.id(),
                         "launched walredo process"
                     );
-                    self.redo_process
-                        .set(ProcessOnceCell::Spawned(Arc::clone(&proc)), permit);
+                    process.set(ProcessOnceCell::Spawned(Arc::clone(&proc)), permit);
                     proc
                 }
             };
@@ -419,7 +447,7 @@ impl PostgresRedoManager {
                 // than we can SIGKILL & `wait` for them to exit. By doing it the way we do here,
                 // we limit this risk of run-away to at most $num_runtimes * $num_executor_threads.
                 // This probably needs revisiting at some later point.
-                match self.redo_process.get() {
+                match process.get() {
                     None => (),
                     Some(guard) => {
                         match &*guard {