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# FATAL: sorry, too many clients already
- URL: https://debugly.dev/postgres-too-many-connections-fix/
- Published: 2026-02-03T08:40:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-17T05:49:27.000Z
- Description: Connection pooling explained through the failure it prevents, and why raising max_connections is usually the wrong fix.
- Author: Rohit Bhadani
- Tags: PostgreSQL, Databases, Error Autopsy, DevOps

| Mode        | Reuses connection        | Works with        |
| ----------- | ------------------------ | ----------------- |
| session     | after client disconnects | everything        |
| transaction | after each transaction   | most applications |
| statement   | after each statement     | very limited      |

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