Error states, consistent search, and handle sparse ingested events

apps/database/src/db.ts

@@ -7,8 +7,30 @@ if (!process.env.DATABASE_URL) {
   throw new Error("DATABASE_URL environment variable is not set");
 }
 
+/*
+ * Cached on globalThis so hot reloads reuse one pool.
+ *
+ * Next dev re-evaluates this module on every HMR pass. Without the cache each
+ * reload opened a brand-new pool and leaked the previous one, so a long editing
+ * session walked straight into Postgres's 100-connection ceiling and every
+ * query — including the auth session lookup — started failing with
+ * `53300: too many clients already`.
+ */
+const globalForDb = globalThis as unknown as { __forumDbClient?: ReturnType<typeof postgres> };
+
 // Disable prefetch as it is not supported for "Transaction" pool mode
-const client = postgres(process.env.DATABASE_URL, { prepare: false });
+const client =
+  globalForDb.__forumDbClient ??
+  postgres(process.env.DATABASE_URL, {
+    prepare: false,
+    // Bounded so one process can't monopolise the server's connection slots.
+    max: 10,
+    idle_timeout: 20,
+  });
+
+if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production") {
+  globalForDb.__forumDbClient = client;
+}
 
 export const db = drizzle(client, { schema });