fix(backend): restore default DB pool size of 2 by bannarisoftwares · Pull Request #454 · dculussoftwares/dculus-forms

bannarisoftwares · 2026-10-29T19:20:23Z

Regression from #449: pool default 2 -> 10 exhausted shared Postgres connections ('Too many database connections') during dev E2E, causing Form Not Found / 500s. Restores 2; DB_POOL_MAX still overrides.

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New Features
- Development environments now allow up to 200 sign-in requests per 10 seconds. This additional limit does not apply to staging or production.
Configuration
- The default database connection pool size for non-local connections is now 2. Local connections and explicit positive pool-size settings are unchanged.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

…n in NODE_ENV=production on deployed environments enabled better-auth's default 3-per-10s sign-in limit, which throttles the parallel dev E2E run. Only APP_ENV=dev is relaxed; staging and production keep the default. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

The security remediation raised the app-side pool default from 2 to 10, which exhausts the shared Postgres connection slots across replicas under load (dev E2E saw 'Too many database connections'). DB_POOL_MAX still overrides. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

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The changes add a development-only sign-in email rate limit, change the documented and runtime non-local database pool default from 10 to 2, and update the E2E guard for public default credentials.

Changes: Sign-in email rate limit

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Build and test environment-specific rate limits `apps/backend/src/lib/authAccess.ts`, `apps/backend/src/lib/__tests__/authAccess.test.ts`	The builder adds a `/sign-in/email` limit of 200 requests per 10 seconds in `dev`. Tests check that the rule is absent in `staging`, `production`, and an undefined environment.

Non-local database pool default

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Set the non-local pool default `apps/backend/.env.example`, `apps/backend/src/lib/prisma.ts`	The documented pool-size default and the runtime fallback for non-local database connections change from 10 to 2. Local connections still leave the pool size unset.

E2E default-password guard

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Check the default password on remote targets `test/e2e/steps/helpers/common.ts`	The helper no longer requires the public default email when checking the default password for non-local targets. A password that differs from the default permits the target regardless of email.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Possibly related PRs

dculussoftwares/dculus-forms#453: It makes the same auth rate-limit builder and test changes.
dculussoftwares/dculus-forms#452: It makes the same E2E default-password guard change.

Merge Risk: Moderate · up to 5aa0f

The change restores the smaller database pool and relaxes sign-in throttling in the hosted dev environment so E2E runs can sign in in parallel. The relaxed limit makes password guessing against the dev backend considerably easier, so restrict it to trusted E2E traffic or add an account-aware limit before merging. One unit test can fail locally if APP_ENV is set to dev; stub it in the test.

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Review comments at @apps/backend/src/lib/__tests__/authAccess.test.ts:
- Line 33: Stub APP_ENV as unset in the test containing the
buildAuthRateLimitRules(undefined) assertion so its result does not depend on
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- Line 32: Update the `/sign-in/email` rate-limit configuration keyed by
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coderabbitai · 2026-10-29T19:34:57Z

+    expect(buildAuthRateLimitRules('dev')).toHaveProperty('/sign-in/email');
+    expect(buildAuthRateLimitRules('staging')).not.toHaveProperty('/sign-in/email');
+    expect(buildAuthRateLimitRules('production')).not.toHaveProperty('/sign-in/email');
+    expect(buildAuthRateLimitRules(undefined)).not.toHaveProperty('/sign-in/email');


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rg -n 'APP_ENV' apps/backend --glob '!node_modules' -g '!dist' cat apps/backend/vitest.config.ts ls apps/backend/vitest* apps/backend/.env* 2>/dev/null rg -n 'APP_ENV' .github 2>/dev/null sed -n '1,45p' apps/backend/src/lib/__tests__/authAccess.test.ts

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printf '%s\n' '--- authAccess.ts ---' nl -ba apps/backend/src/lib/authAccess.ts | sed -n '1,70p' printf '%s\n' '--- test setup ---' nl -ba apps/backend/test/setup.ts printf '%s\n' '--- backend package scripts ---' node -e "const p=require('./apps/backend/package.json'); console.log(JSON.stringify(p.scripts,null,2))" printf '%s\n' '--- tracked env and test config files ---' git ls-files '*env*' '*vitest*' '*setup.ts' '.github/workflows/*' 'apps/backend/**' printf '%s\n' '--- present env files (bounded) ---' find . -maxdepth 4 -type f \$ -name '.env' -o -name '.env.*' -o -name '*vitest*' -o -name 'setup.ts' \$ -not -path '*/node_modules/*' -not -path '*/.git/*' -print printf '%s\n' '--- APP_ENV references including hidden files (tracked source scope) ---' rg --hidden -n -F --glob '!**/.git/**' --glob '!**/node_modules/**' --glob '!**/dist/**' -- 'APP_ENV' . || test "$?" -eq 1 printf '%s\n' '--- CI workflow APP_ENV references ---' rg --hidden -n -F --glob '!**/.git/**' --glob '!**/node_modules/**' -- 'APP_ENV' .github || test "$?" -eq 1

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printf '%s\n' '--- APP_ENV references across repository, including hidden files ---' rg --hidden -n -F --glob '!**/.git/**' --glob '!**/node_modules/**' --glob '!**/dist/**' -- 'APP_ENV' . || test "$?" -eq 1 printf '%s\n' '--- present env files ---' find . -maxdepth 4 -type f -name '.env*' -not -path '*/node_modules/*' -not -path '*/.git/*' -print printf '%s\n' '--- tracked env files ---' git ls-files -- '*env*' '.env*' printf '%s\n' '--- Vitest configs ---' nl -ba apps/backend/vitest.config.ts | sed -n '1,65p' nl -ba apps/backend/vitest.eval.config.ts | sed -n '1,65p' printf '%s\n' '--- backend env example ---' nl -ba apps/backend/.env.example | sed -n '1,100p' printf '%s\n' '--- workflow environment declarations ---' rg --hidden -n -i '(^|[[:space:]])env:|APP_ENV|dotenv|\\.env' .github/workflows || test "$?" -eq 1

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Stub APP_ENV for the unset-default assertion.

Passing undefined uses process.env.APP_ENV. If the local test process inherits APP_ENV=dev, the builder adds /sign-in/email and this assertion fails. The unit-test setup and inspected CI workflows do not set APP_ENV, so this is a local-environment risk, not a configured CI failure. Stub it as unset and restore it after the test.

Suggested fix

-import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest'; +import { afterEach, describe, it, expect, vi } from 'vitest'; + +afterEach(() => vi.unstubAllEnvs()); ... + vi.stubEnv('APP_ENV', undefined); expect(buildAuthRateLimitRules(undefined)).not.toHaveProperty('/sign-in/email');

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coderabbitai · 2026-10-29T19:34:57Z

+  // The dev post-deploy E2E run signs in from one runner IP across parallel
+  // workers, which the default 3-per-10s sign-in limit throttles. Staging and
+  // production keep the default.
+  ...(appEnv === 'dev' ? { '/sign-in/email': { window: 10, max: 200 } } : {}),


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printf '%s\n' '--- authAccess ---' nl -ba apps/backend/src/lib/authAccess.ts | sed -n '1,240p' printf '%s\n' '--- references and auth config ---' rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' -e 'authRateLimitRules' -e 'buildAuthRateLimitRules' -e 'authLimiter' -e 'rateLimit:' apps/backend/src printf '%s\n' '--- environment/deployment files ---' rg --files -g '*docker*' -g '*compose*' -g '*fly*' -g '*render*' -g '*railway*' -g '*vercel*' -g '*nginx*' -g '*.yml' -g '*.yaml' -g '.env*' -g 'AGENTS.md' | sed -n '1,180p' printf '%s\n' '--- relevant hosting and proxy settings ---' rg -n -i --glob '!**/package-lock.json' --glob '!**/pnpm-lock.yaml' -e 'APP_ENV|DB_POOL_MAX|proxy|rate.?limit|sign-in/email|dev.e2e|e2e' apps/backend .github infra deploy docker-compose.yml .env.example 2>/dev/null || test "$?" -eq 1

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printf '%s\n' '--- lockfiles and backend manifests ---' rg --files -g '*lock*' -g 'package.json' -g '*.tf' -g '*.tfvars*' -g '*.yaml' -g '*.yml' .github apps/backend infra deploy terraform 2>/dev/null | sed -n '1,240p' nl -ba apps/backend/package.json | sed -n '1,100p' printf '%s\n' '--- deployment service definitions and env assignments ---' rg -n -i -C 4 --glob '*.yml' --glob '*.yaml' --glob '*.tf' --glob '*.tfvars' --glob '*.sh' -e 'terraform-cloudflare-service-domain|service_domain|backend.*(url|domain|env)|APP_ENV|AUTH_IP_ADDRESS_HEADERS|TRUST_PROXY_HOPS' .github infra deploy terraform 2>/dev/null | sed -n '1,300p' printf '%s\n' '--- backend deployment workflow blocks ---' rg -n -F -e 'terraform-cloudflare-service-domain' -e 'deploy-backend' -e 'deploy.*backend' .github/workflows/multi-cloud-deployment.yml printf '%s\n' '--- docs for custom-rule behavior ---' rg -n -i -C 3 -e 'customRules|custom rules|/sign-in/email.*3|rate-limit.*custom' .github/better_auth_llm.instructions.md apps/backend/src/lib/__tests__ apps/backend/package.json printf '%s\n' '--- git refs ---' git rev-parse --show-toplevel && git status --short

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Keep the relaxed sign-in limit off untrusted dev traffic.

The dev deployment sets APP_ENV=dev and exposes an internet-facing backend. Better Auth applies the custom rule in place of its default three attempts per 10 seconds, allowing up to 200 sign-in attempts per 10 seconds per resolved IP. The separate Express limit does not restore the stricter cap: it allows 300 requests per minute with trusted proxy hops, or 5,000 otherwise. Restrict the higher limit to trusted E2E traffic, or add an account-aware guessing limit while retaining the IP limit.

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Natheeshkumar and others added 3 commits October 29, 2026 23:27

test(e2e): only refuse the public default password on hosted targets

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docs: update DB_POOL_MAX default in .env.example

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