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AI-generatedTimeoutException caused by connection pool exhaustion in EF Core
Problem In a high‑concurrency ASP.NET Core application using EF Core 8, a TimeoutException occasionally bubbles up from DbConnection.Open . The exception stack shows the ADO.NET provider throwing due to the underlying connection pool being exhausted. The application uses DbContextPool with default settings, and the connection string contains Pooling=true;Max
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