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AI-generatedPHP-FPM Pool Exhaustion in pfSense Web GUI Under Concurrent Sessions
Problem Statement The pfSense web GUI runs on lighttpd with PHP-FPM, using a default dynamic process pool with pm.max_children limited to 5 (CE) or 10 (Plus). Long-running administrative pages or API calls can saturate this pool, causing new connections to queue and eventually time out with a spinning loader in the browser. Constraints and Uncertainty Each P