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## Stack

Draft stack extracted from `docs/monitoring`. Merge bottom-up.
Troubleshooting / debugging-guide rewrite is out of scope.

1. **#49503** move inspect and advisors ← **this PR**
2. #49501 split Studio logs from ClickHouse queries
3. #49500 treat reports as signal dashboards
4. #49502 add Observe the data hub
5. #49506 add agent setup components
6. #49504 add hire-an-agent templates
7. #49505 restructure observability nav and overview

## I have read the
[CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/supabase/supabase/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
file.

YES

## What kind of change does this PR introduce?

Docs update. First layer in the observability stack.

## What is the current behavior?

Inspect and advisors live under Database (`/guides/database/inspect`,
`/guides/database/database-advisors`). Observability readers have to
leave the monitoring section to find them.

## What is the new behavior?

- Moves inspect into `/guides/monitoring-and-debugging/inspect`
- Adds `/guides/monitoring-and-debugging/advisors` (replaces the
Database Advisors page)
- Adds redirects and updates Studio/docs links so old URLs keep working
- Adds both pages to the existing Monitoring nav so they are
discoverable before the later IA PR

## Additional context

Inspect and advisors pages render as standard MDX. Redirects cover
`/docs/guides/database/inspect`,
`/docs/guides/database/database-advisors`, and
`/docs/guides/database/database-linter`. Debugging-guide content is
unchanged except the inspect URL.

## Self-review

- No leftover `/guides/database/inspect` or
`/guides/database/database-advisors` links in docs guides or Studio
linter/AI surfaces (historical blog posts left as-is)
- Smoke test path updated to
`/docs/guides/monitoring-and-debugging/advisors`
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## Summary by CodeRabbit

- **New Features**
- Added a centralized Advisors guide for security and performance
checks.
- Updated database inspection guidance with live Postgres statistics,
cache hit-rate context, and query-analysis resources.

- **Documentation**
- Reorganized Advisors and database inspection content under Monitoring
and Debugging.
- Updated navigation, cross-references, in-product help links, and CLI
documentation links.
- Added permanent redirects from previous documentation URLs to preserve
access.
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Co-authored-by: Cursor Agent <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Co-authored-by: Saxon Fletcher <SaxonF@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Nik Richers <nik@validmind.ai>
2026-09-04 13:38:36 +10:00

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---
id: 'performance'
title: 'Performance Tuning'
description: 'Getting the best results out of your Supabase project'
---
The Supabase platform automatically optimizes your Postgres database to take advantage of the compute resources of the plan your project is on. However, these optimizations are based on assumptions about the type of workflow the project is being used for, and it is likely that better results can be obtained by tuning the database for your particular workflow.
## Examining query performance
Unoptimized queries are a major cause of poor database performance. To analyze the performance of your queries, see [Inspect the database](/docs/guides/monitoring-and-debugging/inspect).
## Optimizing the number of connections
The default connection limits for Postgres and Supavisor is based on your compute size. See the default connection numbers in the [Compute Add-ons](/docs/guides/platform/compute-and-disk) section.
If the number of connections is insufficient, you will receive the following error upon connecting to the DB:
```shell
$ psql -U postgres -h ...
FATAL: remaining connection slots are reserved for non-replication superuser connections
```
In such a scenario, you can consider:
- [upgrading to a larger compute add-on](/dashboard/project/_/settings/infrastructure)
- configuring your clients to use fewer connections
- manually configuring the database for a higher number of connections
### Configuring clients to use fewer connections
You can use the [pg_stat_activity](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/monitoring-stats.html#MONITORING-PG-STAT-ACTIVITY-VIEW) view to debug which clients are holding open connections on your DB. `pg_stat_activity` only exposes information on direct connections to the database. Information on the number of connections to Supavisor is available [via the metrics endpoint](../telemetry/metrics).
Depending on the clients involved, you might be able to configure them to work with fewer connections (e.g. by imposing a limit on the maximum number of connections they're allowed to use), or shift specific workloads to connect via [Supavisor](/docs/guides/database/connecting-to-postgres#poolers) instead. Transient workflows, which can scale up and down rapidly in response to traffic (e.g. serverless functions), can especially benefit from using a connection pooler rather than connecting to the DB directly.
### Allowing higher number of connections
You can configure Postgres connection limit among other parameters by using [Custom Postgres Config](/docs/guides/database/custom-postgres-config).
### Enterprise
[Contact us](https://forms.supabase.com/enterprise) if you need help tuning your database for your specific workflow.