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TimeoutError on multiple requests

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
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Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
fastapi, postgresql, python
Domain
backend, databases

Research direction

Start at asyncpg/connect_utils.py:780, where the reported asyncio.TimeoutError is raised, and review the connection setup using FastAPI, SQLAlchemy pooling, and AWS RDS. Compare the timeout logs with the concurrent pool settings and the reported pg_catalog query. Done means establishing a reproducible cause and a verified fix or clear diagnosis.

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Description

  • asyncpg version: 0.27.0
  • PostgreSQL version: 14.7
  • Do you use a PostgreSQL SaaS? If so, which? Can you reproduce
    the issue with a local PostgreSQL install?
    : We can reproduce it, not locally
  • Python version: 3.10.2
  • Platform: Backend: Linux, t3large AWS instance, Database: AWS RDS
  • Do you use pgbouncer?: No
  • Did you install asyncpg with pip?: Yes

We're using FastAPI ,and our current code for setting up the db connection is:

connection_arguments: Dict[str, Any] = {"server_settings": {"jit": "off"}}

ENUM_TYPES = (
    ("public", "sometype"), ...
)

async def register_enum_types(conn) -> None: 
    for enum_class, typename in ENUM_TYPES:
        await conn.set_builtin_type_codec(
            typename, schema=enum_class, codec_name="text"
        )


engine = create_async_engine(
    settings.uri,
    echo=False,
    connect_args=connection_arguments,
    pool_size=200,
    max_overflow=10,
)

async_sessionmaker = sessionmaker(engine, class_=AsyncSession, expire_on_commit=False)


@event.listens_for(engine.sync_engine, "connect")
def on_connect(dbapi_connection, connection_record):
    dbapi_connection.run_async(register_enum_types)

We added the register_enum_types as we were thinking that the query:
SELECT t.oid, t.typelem AS elemtype, t.typtype AS kind FROM pg_catalog.pg_type AS t WHERE t.oid = $1

which we saw a lot in AWS RDS monitoring is causing the issue, but now we're not sure what is it anymore.

In logs when it happens we see:

File "/path/to/file/python3.10/site-packages/asyncpg/connect_utils.py", line 780, in _connect_addr raise asyncio.TimeoutError asyncio.exceptions.TimeoutError

and after some time, it gets back to normal.

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