1040 cloud resource_error ai_generated true

OperationalError: (pymysql.err.OperationalError) (1040, 'Too many connections')

ID: cloud/gcp-cloud-sql-connection-limit-exceeded

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85%Fix Rate
88%Confidence
1Evidence
2023-06-15First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
Cloud SQL for MySQL 8.0 active — — —
Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL 15 active — — —
Cloud SQL Proxy 2.0 active — — —

Root Cause

Cloud SQL instance has reached its max_connections limit, often due to connection leaks or insufficient instance tier.

generic

中文

Cloud SQL 实例已达到 max_connections 限制，通常由连接泄漏或实例规格不足引起。

Official Documentation

https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/mysql/troubleshoot

Workarounds

  1. 90% success Use a connection pool like HikariCP (Java) or SQLAlchemy pool_pre_ping=True with pool_size=10 and max_overflow=0. In Python: engine = create_engine('mysql+pymysql://user:pass@host/db', pool_size=10, max_overflow=0, pool_pre_ping=True) 
    Use a connection pool like HikariCP (Java) or SQLAlchemy pool_pre_ping=True with pool_size=10 and max_overflow=0. In Python: engine = create_engine('mysql+pymysql://user:pass@host/db', pool_size=10, max_overflow=0, pool_pre_ping=True)
  2. 85% success Temporarily increase max_connections via Cloud SQL flags: gcloud sql instances patch INSTANCE_NAME --database-flags max_connections=500, then scale instance tier if needed. 
    Temporarily increase max_connections via Cloud SQL flags: gcloud sql instances patch INSTANCE_NAME --database-flags max_connections=500, then scale instance tier if needed.
  3. 75% success Kill idle connections manually: SELECT CONCAT('KILL ', id, ';') FROM information_schema.processlist WHERE command = 'Sleep' AND time > 300; then execute the generated KILL statements. 
    Kill idle connections manually: SELECT CONCAT('KILL ', id, ';') FROM information_schema.processlist WHERE command = 'Sleep' AND time > 300; then execute the generated KILL statements.

中文步骤

  1. 使用连接池如 HikariCP (Java) 或 SQLAlchemy pool_pre_ping=True 配合 pool_size=10 和 max_overflow=0。Python 示例：engine = create_engine('mysql+pymysql://user:pass@host/db', pool_size=10, max_overflow=0, pool_pre_ping=True)
  2. 临时通过 Cloud SQL 标志增加 max_connections：gcloud sql instances patch INSTANCE_NAME --database-flags max_connections=500，然后根据需要扩展实例规格。
  3. 手动清理空闲连接：SELECT CONCAT('KILL ', id, ';') FROM information_schema.processlist WHERE command = 'Sleep' AND time > 300；然后执行生成的 KILL 语句。

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. 95% fail

    Restarting the instance resets connections but doesn't fix the leak; it recurs quickly.

  2. 80% fail

    Only increasing max_connections in flags without addressing connection pooling or instance memory leads to OOM or crash.

  3. 90% fail

    Adding more application instances without connection limits just multiplies the connections hitting the same limit.