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AI-generatedDjango REST Framework and PostgreSQL: Managing Connection Pool Exhaustion with CONN_MAX_AGE
Persistent Connection Behavior In high-traffic Django REST Framework (DRF) deployments using PostgreSQL, the CONN_MAX_AGE setting determines whether database connections are closed at the end of a request or persisted for future use. While persistent connections reduce the overhead of repeated handshakes, they can lead to connection exhaustion if the number