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Miranda Limonczenko 15484a0e75 docs: add application-side pool sizing to the connecting to Postgres guide (#49927)
Closes DOCS-1312

## 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. One technical addition, isolated so the eval can attribute
a score change to it.

I re-ran the preview link on a scratch Eval branch and found that this
PR will resolve the Eval.

## What is the current behavior?

The eval baseline for `build-docs-004-postgres-connection` fails one
check, 3 of 6 runs: the application-side pool cap for a serverless
invocation.

- Two failing runs left `max` unset, which is 10 on the Postgres.js
default.
- One set `max: 5`.

The page says nothing about the application-side pool, so there was
nothing for an agent to read. Every other check passes 6/6, including
the connection string, port, username, and prepared statements. The mode
choice already transmits from the page.

Baseline notes are on
[DOCS-1312](https://linear.app/supabase/issue/DOCS-1312).

## What is the new behavior?

Add a **Configure your client** section to the procedure group. Pool
sizing is its only subject.

- Set the application-side pool to 1 connection per serverless
invocation, and raise it only on evidence.
- Name the trap concretely. Library defaults assume a persistent
backend, and 10 connections is 10 per warm instance, with the instance
count outside your control.
- One Postgres.js sample setting `max` and `prepare`, created at module
scope.
- Cite the [Supavisor
FAQ](https://supabase.com/docs/guides/troubleshooting/supavisor-faq-YyP5tI)
and [Prisma
troubleshooting](https://supabase.com/docs/guides/database/prisma/prisma-troubleshooting),
which already carries the equivalent `connection_limit` guidance for one
ORM. The gap is that the connection guide didn't carry it for readers
not using Prisma.

`prepare: false` is in the sample because a transaction mode sample is
wrong without it, and the page already instructs it. It isn't new
guidance. `ssl: 'require'` is, so it waits for #49928.

## Additional context

PR 3 of 4. Base is #49869.

This ships alone on purpose. It's the only change with baseline evidence
behind it, so a score change after this PR is attributable to one edit.
#49928 carries the rest of the eval feedback and is not expected to move
the score.

**Run the eval against this preview before #49928 lands.**

## Manual testing

1. Open [Connect to your
database](https://docs-git-docs-connecting-to-postgres-pool-size-supabase.vercel.app/docs/guides/database/connecting-to-postgres)
on the deploy preview.
2. Check the table of contents. "Configure your client" appears under
Get your connection string.
3. Read the section. It states 1 connection per invocation and names the
Postgres.js default of 10.
4. Read the sample. It sets `max: 1` and `prepare: false`, and says the
client is created once at module scope.


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## Summary by CodeRabbit

- **Documentation**
- Added guidance for configuring application-side Postgres clients when
connecting through Supabase poolers.
- Documented recommended serverless settings, including creating the
client once, limiting connections per invocation, and disabling prepared
statements in transaction mode.
- Added a Postgres.js configuration example and links to relevant
Supavisor FAQ and Prisma troubleshooting resources.
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