Edge + @neondatabase/serverless Pool: create, use, close per request
# Edge Pool lifecycle: per request, not per module
## The trap
On a normal Node server you create one `Pool` at startup and share it. On Edge runtimes (Vercel Edge, Cloudflare Workers), WebSocket connections cannot outlive a single request. A module-scope Pool looks fine on the first request and then degrades: stale sockets, hangs, growing memory.
## The rule (from the driver docs)
Pool or Client objects must be connected, used, and closed within a single request handler. Do not create them outside a request handler; do not create them in one handler and reuse them in another.
## Checklist
- Factory function per handler, `pool.end()` in a finally block.
- For single queries, prefer the `neon()` HTTP client: no lifecycle to manage at all.
- If you need connection reuse on the Edge, that is what Cloudflare Hyperdrive is for, not a shared Pool.
- Load-test with sequential requests, not just one: the bug only shows on request two and later.Maintainer review
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