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title: "Discussion on \"How a Transaction We Forgot to Close Took Down a Service\" | Hashnode"
description: "Discussion on \"How a Transaction We Forgot to Close Took Down a Service\". A survey API went down at 155 requests a minute while the database sat idle. The cause was a transaction we opened and never closed."
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# [How a Transaction We Forgot to Close Took Down a Service](https://srekaravarshan.hashnode.dev/transaction-leak-connection-pool-outage?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

A survey API went down at 155 requests a minute while the database sat idle. The cause was a transaction we opened and never closed.

Aug 13 · 4 min read · srekaravarshan.hashnode.dev  
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