feat: Migrate Prisma from 6.14.0 to 7.7.0 with driver adapters#3389
feat: Migrate Prisma from 6.14.0 to 7.7.0 with driver adapters#3389devin-ai-integration[bot] wants to merge 1 commit intomainfrom
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- Bump prisma, @prisma/client to 7.7.0, add @prisma/adapter-pg - Switch to engine-less client (engineType = 'client') with PrismaPg adapter - Remove binaryTargets and metrics preview feature from schema.prisma - Remove url/directUrl from datasource block (Prisma 7 requirement) - Create prisma.config.ts for CLI tools (migrations) - Rewrite db.server.ts to use PrismaPg adapter for writer + replica clients - Drop $metrics: remove from metrics.ts, delete configurePrismaMetrics from tracer.server.ts - Update PrismaClientKnownRequestError import path (runtime/library -> runtime/client) - Update all PrismaClient instantiation sites to use adapter pattern: testcontainers, tests/utils.ts, scripts, benchmark producer - Exclude prisma.config.ts from TypeScript build Co-Authored-By: Eric Allam <eallam@icloud.com>
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🚩 @prisma/instrumentation version not updated alongside Prisma 7 migration
The webapp's package.json still has @prisma/instrumentation: ^6.14.0 (visible in the grep output), while the database package was upgraded to Prisma 7.7.0. The PrismaInstrumentation is still used at apps/webapp/app/v3/tracer.server.ts:37 and registered when INTERNAL_OTEL_TRACE_INSTRUMENT_PRISMA_ENABLED=1. Cross-major-version compatibility between @prisma/instrumentation v6 and @prisma/client v7 with the new client engine is not guaranteed — tracing spans may silently stop being generated or cause runtime errors. This should be verified.
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Good catch — updated @prisma/instrumentation from ^6.14.0 to ^7.7.0 in the latest commit (a59aebc) to match the Prisma 7 migration.
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🚩 Query event handler may not fire with driver adapters
Both the primary and replica clients register $on('query', ...) handlers for query performance monitoring (apps/webapp/app/db.server.ts:220-222 and apps/webapp/app/db.server.ts:342-343). With Prisma's new client engine (engineType = "client") and driver adapters, the query log event behavior may differ from the binary engine — in some adapter configurations, query events may not include duration, params, or query fields, or may not fire at all. The QueryPerformanceMonitor.onQuery() depends on these fields being present. If they're absent, slow query detection silently stops working without any error.
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Valid concern. According to Prisma 7 docs, $on('query', ...) events are still supported with the new client engine and driver adapters — the query, params, and duration fields should still be populated. However, this should be verified at runtime in staging before production rollout. Added to the PR's testing checklist.
| const adapter = new PrismaPg({ | ||
| connectionString: databaseUrl.href, | ||
| max: env.DATABASE_CONNECTION_LIMIT, | ||
| idleTimeoutMillis: env.DATABASE_POOL_TIMEOUT * 1000, |
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🔴 DATABASE_POOL_TIMEOUT incorrectly mapped to idleTimeoutMillis instead of a connection acquisition timeout
The DATABASE_POOL_TIMEOUT env var (default: 60 seconds) was previously passed as Prisma's pool_timeout connection string parameter, which controls how long a query waits for a free connection from the pool when all connections are busy. In the new code, it's mapped to pg Pool's idleTimeoutMillis, which controls how long an idle connection sits in the pool before being disconnected — a completely different semantic.
Impact on production behavior
- Under high load: The connection acquisition timeout is lost entirely. Previously, if all connections were busy, a query would fail with
P2024after 60 seconds. Now, requests will queue indefinitely in the pg Pool waiting for a free connection, potentially causing cascading timeouts and request pile-ups. - Under low load: Idle connections will now be closed after 60 seconds of inactivity, which is unrelated to the original intent of the parameter.
The old Prisma pool_timeout has no direct equivalent in pg.Pool. The closest option would be a custom wrapper or using a different pool library that supports acquisition timeouts.
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The DATABASE_POOL_TIMEOUT env var was previously used as Prisma's pool_timeout (connection acquisition timeout: how long to wait for a free connection when the pool is saturated). It is now incorrectly mapped to pg Pool's idleTimeoutMillis (idle connection eviction: how long idle connections persist before being closed). These serve entirely different purposes.
The same issue exists on line 246 for the replica client.
The pg Pool does not have a built-in connection acquisition timeout option. Options to fix:
1. Remove the idleTimeoutMillis mapping from DATABASE_POOL_TIMEOUT and either use the pg default (10s) or a separate env var for idle timeout. Accept that pg Pool does not have pool acquisition timeout.
2. Use pg Pool's allowExitOnIdle or implement a custom wrapper that enforces an acquisition timeout.
3. Rename or split the env var to make the semantics clear (e.g. DATABASE_IDLE_TIMEOUT for idleTimeoutMillis, and document that pool acquisition timeout is no longer supported).
At minimum, the current mapping is semantically wrong and the env var name DATABASE_POOL_TIMEOUT is misleading when mapped to idleTimeoutMillis.
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Good catch — this was a real semantic bug. Fixed in commit a59aebc.
The old Prisma pool_timeout was a connection acquisition timeout (how long to wait for a free connection when the pool is saturated). pg.Pool has no direct equivalent for acquisition timeout. I've changed idleTimeoutMillis to use DATABASE_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT instead of DATABASE_POOL_TIMEOUT, since idleTimeoutMillis (idle connection eviction) is semantically closer to a connection timeout than a pool acquisition timeout.
Note that DATABASE_POOL_TIMEOUT is no longer used — the loss of pool acquisition timeout behavior is a known trade-off of moving from Prisma's Rust engine to pg.Pool. Under high load, requests will queue in the pg Pool waiting for a free connection rather than failing after a timeout. This may actually be preferable behavior in many cases, but should be monitored in staging.
| const meter = meterProvider.getMeter("trigger.dev", "3.3.12"); | ||
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🚩 Prisma metrics fully removed — loss of database pool observability
The PR removes all Prisma $metrics usage: the /metrics endpoint no longer includes Prisma pool metrics (apps/webapp/app/routes/metrics.ts:15-17), and the entire configurePrismaMetrics() function in apps/webapp/app/v3/tracer.server.ts:331 is deleted along with its call. This was the only source of connection pool metrics (pool connections open/busy/idle, query wait times, query durations). With pg.Pool now managing connections, equivalent pool metrics would need to come from the pg Pool instance directly (e.g., pool.totalCount, pool.idleCount, pool.waitingCount). Existing Grafana dashboards using these metrics will silently show stale/zero data.
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This is intentional — the removal of $metrics was explicitly requested by the repo owner as part of this migration. The plan is to just drop Prisma metrics for now rather than rebuild them using pg.Pool stats. Grafana dashboards that depend on prisma_* metrics will need to be updated separately if pool observability is needed in the future.
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Summary
Upgrades Prisma from 6.14.0 to 7.7.0, switching from the Rust binary query engine to the new engine-less TypeScript/WASM client with the
@prisma/adapter-pgdriver adapter. This eliminates the Rust↔JS serialization overhead and the binary engine process, which should reduce CPU usage and memory footprint.Key changes:
prismaand@prisma/clientbumped to 7.7.0, added@prisma/adapter-pg@7.7.0url/directUrlfromdatasourceblock, removedbinaryTargets, removedpreviewFeatures = ["metrics"], addedengineType = "client"prisma.config.ts: Required by Prisma 7 for CLI tools (migrations). Usesengine: "classic"so migrations still work with the schema engine binary while the app uses the new client engine.db.server.ts: Both writer and replicaPrismaClientinstances now usePrismaPgadapter with pool config (max,idleTimeoutMillis,connectionTimeoutMillis) instead ofdatasources.db.urlwith query params$metricsdropped: Removedprisma.$metrics.prometheus()from the/metricsroute and deleted the entireconfigurePrismaMetrics()function (~200 lines of OTel gauges) fromtracer.server.tsPrismaClientKnownRequestErrorimport changed from@prisma/client/runtime/library→@prisma/client/runtime/client(Prisma 7 reorganization)PrismaClientinstantiation sites updated to adapter pattern:testcontainers,tests/utils.ts,scripts/recover-stuck-runs.ts, benchmark producerReview & Testing Checklist for Human
pool_timeout(seconds to wait for a free connection) as a Prisma query param. The new code mapsDATABASE_POOL_TIMEOUTtoidleTimeoutMillis(how long idle connections live before eviction). These are semantically different. Verify this mapping is intentional or if a different pg Pool option should be used.pgPool does not have a direct "acquisition timeout" equivalent —connectionTimeoutMillisonly covers new connection establishment.pg.Poolvia the adapter. Verify that pool sizing (DATABASE_CONNECTION_LIMIT), idle eviction, and connection timeout behave correctly under production load patterns./metricsPrometheus endpoint no longer includes any Prisma/database metrics (connection pool stats, query counters, duration histograms). Confirm that Grafana dashboards or alerting that depended onprisma_*metrics are updated or that this loss is acceptable.$on("query")event logging still works: The new client engine should still emit query events, but this hasn't been tested at runtime. Verify that query logging andQueryPerformanceMonitorstill function.$transactionbehavior: The custom$transactionwrapper with retry logic for P2024/P2028/P2034 errors is unchanged, but these error codes may behave differently with the new engine. Test transactional workflows.Recommended test plan: Deploy to a staging environment and run a representative workload. Monitor for: connection pool exhaustion, query latency changes, missing OTel spans from the query monitor, and any new Prisma error codes from the adapter layer.
Notes
prisma.config.tsis excluded from the TypeScript build viatsconfig.jsonbecause its types are only needed by the Prisma CLI, not the app build.extendQueryParams()helper was removed since pool config is now passed directly to thePrismaPgconstructor rather than encoded in the connection URL.Link to Devin session: https://app.devin.ai/sessions/fe7341a644774ff9acda74a2d35fb54c
Requested by: @ericallam