[13:19:32] <wm-bb>	 <lucaswerkmeister> toolforge database question: is it allowed to pool connections for the lifetime of one application request?
[13:19:51] <wm-bb>	 <lucaswerkmeister> currently, for a request like https://quickcategories.toolforge.org/batch/8160/ my tool opens and closes five database connections, which I feel like is not an ideal use of resources
[13:20:39] <wm-bb>	 <lucaswerkmeister> so I’m thinking of storing the connection in the Flask application context, to be closed as soon as the request ends https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/stable/appcontext/
[13:21:05] <wm-bb>	 <lucaswerkmeister> but I’m not sure if https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Toolforge/Database#Connection_handling_policy allows that – it says “being idle for a few minutes is not an issue” but is otherwise quite strict in saying that connection pools are not permitted