>> My issue is that psql is timing out with "SSL SYSCALL error: Connection >> timed out". > > then keepalives aren't necessarily the solution anyway. When is > this failure occurring ... is it while trying to establish the > database connection in the first place? Or does it only happen > if you've left the psql session sit idle for a long while? > > regards, tom lane Sitting idle for not even a long while. Under half hour I feel would do it. But I don’t think it times out while I’m “SQLing”