On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 07:49:39PM -0700, Walters Che Ndoh wrote: > I have two DB's in prod > - DB 1 has pg12 and pgbouncer for connection pooling > - DB 2 has pg10 and F5 for connection pooling > > Both DB's have a max connection of 500. > During pick hours i always run out of connections, even though i have 3 > superuser reserved, my connections still go beyond 500. What is your pool_mode in pgbouncer? If it's "session" - then it is the problem, and you should consider reading https://www.depesz.com/2012/12/02/what-is-the-point-of-bouncing/ Please note that not all applications will work OK with transaction pooling, but if they don't then (for me) it's a sign that they should get fixed. depesz