mongodb connection_error ai_generated true

MongoTimeoutError: connection pool timeout

ID: mongodb/connection-pool-timeout

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78%Fix Rate
83%Confidence
3Evidence
2023-01-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
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Root Cause

All connections in pool are in use.

generic

Workarounds

  1. 88% success Increase maxPoolSize moderately and optimize slow queries
  2. 85% success Ensure connections are properly returned to pool (close cursors)

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Set maxPoolSize to extremely high value 82% fail

    File descriptor exhaustion on server

  2. Remove connection pooling 85% fail

    Creates new connection per operation, very slow