Merge pull request #2710 from fosrl/thundering-herd

thundering herd

server/cleanup.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import { flushBandwidthToDb } from "@server/routers/newt/handleReceiveBandwidthMessage";
 import { flushSiteBandwidthToDb } from "@server/routers/gerbil/receiveBandwidth";
+import { stopPingAccumulator } from "@server/routers/newt/pingAccumulator";
 import { cleanup as wsCleanup } from "#dynamic/routers/ws";
 
 async function cleanup() {
+    await stopPingAccumulator();
     await flushBandwidthToDb();
     await flushSiteBandwidthToDb();
     await wsCleanup();

server/lib/tokenCache.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/**
+ * Returns a cached plaintext token from Redis if one exists and decrypts
+ * cleanly, otherwise calls `createSession` to mint a fresh token, stores the
+ * encrypted value in Redis with the given TTL, and returns it.
+ *
+ * Failures at the Redis layer are non-fatal – the function always falls
+ * through to session creation so the caller is never blocked by a Redis outage.
+ *
+ * @param cacheKey   Unique Redis key, e.g. `"newt:token_cache:abc123"`
+ * @param secret     Server secret used for AES encryption/decryption
+ * @param ttlSeconds Cache TTL in seconds (should match session expiry)
+ * @param createSession Factory that mints a new session and returns its raw token
+ */
+export async function getOrCreateCachedToken(
+    cacheKey: string,
+    secret: string,
+    ttlSeconds: number,
+    createSession: () => Promise<string>
+): Promise<string> {
+    const token = await createSession();
+    return token;
+}

server/private/cleanup.ts

@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ import { rateLimitService } from "#private/lib/rateLimit";
 import { cleanup as wsCleanup } from "#private/routers/ws";
 import { flushBandwidthToDb } from "@server/routers/newt/handleReceiveBandwidthMessage";
 import { flushSiteBandwidthToDb } from "@server/routers/gerbil/receiveBandwidth";
+import { stopPingAccumulator } from "@server/routers/newt/pingAccumulator";
 
 async function cleanup() {
+    await stopPingAccumulator();
     await flushBandwidthToDb();
     await flushSiteBandwidthToDb();
     await rateLimitService.cleanup();

server/private/lib/cache.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of a proprietary work.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 Fossorial, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This file is licensed under the Fossorial Commercial License.
+ * You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * Unauthorized use, copying, modification, or distribution is strictly prohibited.
+ *
+ * This file is not licensed under the AGPLv3.
+ */
+
 import NodeCache from "node-cache";
 import logger from "@server/logger";
 import { redisManager } from "@server/private/lib/redis";

server/private/lib/tokenCache.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of a proprietary work.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 Fossorial, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This file is licensed under the Fossorial Commercial License.
+ * You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * Unauthorized use, copying, modification, or distribution is strictly prohibited.
+ *
+ * This file is not licensed under the AGPLv3.
+ */
+
+import redisManager from "#private/lib/redis";
+import { encrypt, decrypt } from "@server/lib/crypto";
+import logger from "@server/logger";
+
+/**
+ * Returns a cached plaintext token from Redis if one exists and decrypts
+ * cleanly, otherwise calls `createSession` to mint a fresh token, stores the
+ * encrypted value in Redis with the given TTL, and returns it.
+ *
+ * Failures at the Redis layer are non-fatal – the function always falls
+ * through to session creation so the caller is never blocked by a Redis outage.
+ *
+ * @param cacheKey   Unique Redis key, e.g. `"newt:token_cache:abc123"`
+ * @param secret     Server secret used for AES encryption/decryption
+ * @param ttlSeconds Cache TTL in seconds (should match session expiry)
+ * @param createSession Factory that mints a new session and returns its raw token
+ */
+export async function getOrCreateCachedToken(
+    cacheKey: string,
+    secret: string,
+    ttlSeconds: number,
+    createSession: () => Promise<string>
+): Promise<string> {
+    if (redisManager.isRedisEnabled()) {
+        try {
+            const cached = await redisManager.get(cacheKey);
+            if (cached) {
+                const token = decrypt(cached, secret);
+                if (token) {
+                    logger.debug(`Token cache hit for key: ${cacheKey}`);
+                    return token;
+                }
+                // Decryption produced an empty string – treat as a miss
+                logger.warn(
+                    `Token cache decryption returned empty string for key: ${cacheKey}, treating as miss`
+                );
+            }
+        } catch (e) {
+            logger.warn(
+                `Token cache read/decrypt failed for key ${cacheKey}, falling through to session creation:`,
+                e
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    const token = await createSession();
+
+    if (redisManager.isRedisEnabled()) {
+        try {
+            const encrypted = encrypt(token, secret);
+            await redisManager.set(cacheKey, encrypted, ttlSeconds);
+            logger.debug(
+                `Token cached in Redis for key: ${cacheKey} (TTL ${ttlSeconds}s)`
+            );
+        } catch (e) {
+            logger.warn(
+                `Token cache write failed for key ${cacheKey} (session was still created):`,
+                e
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    return token;
+}

server/private/routers/remoteExitNode/getRemoteExitNodeToken.ts

@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@ import { z } from "zod";
 import { fromError } from "zod-validation-error";
 import {
     createRemoteExitNodeSession,
-    validateRemoteExitNodeSessionToken
+    validateRemoteExitNodeSessionToken,
+    EXPIRES
 } from "#private/auth/sessions/remoteExitNode";
+import { getOrCreateCachedToken } from "@server/private/lib/tokenCache";
 import { verifyPassword } from "@server/auth/password";
 import logger from "@server/logger";
 import config from "@server/lib/config";
@@ -103,14 +105,23 @@ export async function getRemoteExitNodeToken(
             );
         }
 
-        const resToken = generateSessionToken();
-        await createRemoteExitNodeSession(
-            resToken,
-            existingRemoteExitNode.remoteExitNodeId
+        // Return a cached token if one exists to prevent thundering herd on
+        // simultaneous restarts; falls back to creating a fresh session when
+        // Redis is unavailable or the cache has expired.
+        const resToken = await getOrCreateCachedToken(
+            `remote_exit_node:token_cache:${existingRemoteExitNode.remoteExitNodeId}`,
+            config.getRawConfig().server.secret!,
+            Math.floor(EXPIRES / 1000),
+            async () => {
+                const token = generateSessionToken();
+                await createRemoteExitNodeSession(
+                    token,
+                    existingRemoteExitNode.remoteExitNodeId
+                );
+                return token;
+            }
         );
 
-        // logger.debug(`Created RemoteExitNode token response: ${JSON.stringify(resToken)}`);
-
         return response<{ token: string }>(res, {
             data: {
                 token: resToken

server/private/routers/ws/ws.ts

@@ -19,17 +19,14 @@ import { Socket } from "net";
 import {
     Newt,
     newts,
-    NewtSession,
-    olms,
     Olm,
-    OlmSession,
+    olms,
     RemoteExitNode,
-    RemoteExitNodeSession,
     remoteExitNodes,
-    sites
 } from "@server/db";
 import { eq } from "drizzle-orm";
 import { db } from "@server/db";
+import { recordPing } from "@server/routers/newt/pingAccumulator";
 import { validateNewtSessionToken } from "@server/auth/sessions/newt";
 import { validateOlmSessionToken } from "@server/auth/sessions/olm";
 import logger from "@server/logger";
@@ -197,11 +194,7 @@ const connectedClients: Map<string, AuthenticatedWebSocket[]> = new Map();
 // Config version tracking map (local to this node, resets on server restart)
 const clientConfigVersions: Map<string, number> = new Map();
 
-// Tracks the last Unix timestamp (seconds) at which a ping was flushed to the
-// DB for a given siteId. Resets on server restart which is fine – the first
-// ping after startup will always write, re-establishing the online state.
-const lastPingDbWrite: Map<number, number> = new Map();
-const PING_DB_WRITE_INTERVAL = 45; // seconds
+
 
 // Recovery tracking
 let isRedisRecoveryInProgress = false;
@@ -853,32 +846,16 @@ const setupConnection = async (
         );
     });
 
-    // Handle WebSocket protocol-level pings from older newt clients that do
-    // not send application-level "newt/ping" messages. Update the site's
-    // online state and lastPing timestamp so the offline checker treats them
-    // the same as modern newt clients.
     if (clientType === "newt") {
         const newtClient = client as Newt;
-        ws.on("ping", async () => {
+        ws.on("ping", () => {
             if (!newtClient.siteId) return;
-            const now = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
-            const lastWrite = lastPingDbWrite.get(newtClient.siteId) ?? 0;
-            if (now - lastWrite < PING_DB_WRITE_INTERVAL) return;
-            lastPingDbWrite.set(newtClient.siteId, now);
-            try {
-                await db
-                    .update(sites)
-                    .set({
-                        online: true,
-                        lastPing: now
-                    })
-                    .where(eq(sites.siteId, newtClient.siteId));
-            } catch (error) {
-                logger.error(
-                    "Error updating newt site online state on WS ping",
-                    { error }
-                );
-            }
+            // Record the ping in the accumulator instead of writing to the
+            // database on every WS ping frame. The accumulator flushes all
+            // pending pings in a single batched UPDATE every ~10s, which
+            // prevents connection pool exhaustion under load (especially
+            // with cross-region latency to the database).
+            recordPing(newtClient.siteId);
         });
     }
 

server/routers/newt/getNewtToken.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { generateSessionToken } from "@server/auth/sessions/app";
-import { db } from "@server/db";
+import { db, newtSessions } from "@server/db";
 import { newts } from "@server/db";
+import { getOrCreateCachedToken } from "#dynamic/lib/tokenCache";
+import { EXPIRES } from "@server/auth/sessions/newt";
 import HttpCode from "@server/types/HttpCode";
 import response from "@server/lib/response";
 import { eq } from "drizzle-orm";
@@ -92,8 +94,19 @@ export async function getNewtToken(
             );
         }
 
-        const resToken = generateSessionToken();
-        await createNewtSession(resToken, existingNewt.newtId);
+        // Return a cached token if one exists to prevent thundering herd on
+        // simultaneous restarts; falls back to creating a fresh session when
+        // Redis is unavailable or the cache has expired.
+        const resToken = await getOrCreateCachedToken(
+            `newt:token_cache:${existingNewt.newtId}`,
+            config.getRawConfig().server.secret!,
+            Math.floor(EXPIRES / 1000),
+            async () => {
+                const token = generateSessionToken();
+                await createNewtSession(token, existingNewt.newtId);
+                return token;
+            }
+        );
 
         return response<{ token: string; serverVersion: string }>(res, {
             data: {

server/routers/newt/handleNewtPingMessage.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { Newt } from "@server/db";
 import { eq, lt, isNull, and, or } from "drizzle-orm";
 import logger from "@server/logger";
 import { sendNewtSyncMessage } from "./sync";
+import { recordPing } from "./pingAccumulator";
 
 // Track if the offline checker interval is running
 let offlineCheckerInterval: NodeJS.Timeout | null = null;
@@ -114,18 +115,12 @@ export const handleNewtPingMessage: MessageHandler = async (context) => {
         return;
     }
 
-    try {
-        // Mark the site as online and record the ping timestamp.
-        await db
-            .update(sites)
-            .set({
-                online: true,
-                lastPing: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000)
-            })
-            .where(eq(sites.siteId, newt.siteId));
-    } catch (error) {
-        logger.error("Error updating online state on newt ping", { error });
-    }
+    // Record the ping in memory; it will be flushed to the database
+    // periodically by the ping accumulator (every ~10s) in a single
+    // batched UPDATE instead of one query per ping. This prevents
+    // connection pool exhaustion under load, especially with
+    // cross-region latency to the database.
+    recordPing(newt.siteId);
 
     // Check config version and sync if stale.
     const configVersion = await getClientConfigVersion(newt.newtId);

server/routers/newt/pingAccumulator.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,382 @@
+import { db } from "@server/db";
+import { sites, clients, olms } from "@server/db";
+import { eq, inArray } from "drizzle-orm";
+import logger from "@server/logger";
+
+/**
+ * Ping Accumulator
+ *
+ * Instead of writing to the database on every single newt/olm ping (which
+ * causes pool exhaustion under load, especially with cross-region latency),
+ * we accumulate pings in memory and flush them to the database periodically
+ * in a single batch.
+ *
+ * This is the same pattern used for bandwidth flushing in
+ * receiveBandwidth.ts and handleReceiveBandwidthMessage.ts.
+ *
+ * Supports two kinds of pings:
+ *   - **Site pings** (from newts): update `sites.online` and `sites.lastPing`
+ *   - **Client pings** (from OLMs): update `clients.online`, `clients.lastPing`,
+ *     `clients.archived`, and optionally reset `olms.archived`
+ */
+
+const FLUSH_INTERVAL_MS = 10_000; // Flush every 10 seconds
+const MAX_RETRIES = 2;
+const BASE_DELAY_MS = 50;
+
+// ── Site (newt) pings ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Map of siteId -> latest ping timestamp (unix seconds)
+const pendingSitePings: Map<number, number> = new Map();
+
+// ── Client (OLM) pings ────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Map of clientId -> latest ping timestamp (unix seconds)
+const pendingClientPings: Map<number, number> = new Map();
+// Set of olmIds whose `archived` flag should be reset to false
+const pendingOlmArchiveResets: Set<string> = new Set();
+
+let flushTimer: NodeJS.Timeout | null = null;
+
+// ── Public API ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/**
+ * Record a ping for a newt site. This does NOT write to the database
+ * immediately. Instead it stores the latest ping timestamp in memory,
+ * to be flushed periodically by the background timer.
+ */
+export function recordSitePing(siteId: number): void {
+    const now = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
+    pendingSitePings.set(siteId, now);
+}
+
+/** @deprecated Use `recordSitePing` instead. Alias kept for existing call-sites. */
+export const recordPing = recordSitePing;
+
+/**
+ * Record a ping for an OLM client. Batches the `clients` table update
+ * (`online`, `lastPing`, `archived`) and, when `olmArchived` is true,
+ * also queues an `olms` table update to clear the archived flag.
+ */
+export function recordClientPing(
+    clientId: number,
+    olmId: string,
+    olmArchived: boolean
+): void {
+    const now = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
+    pendingClientPings.set(clientId, now);
+    if (olmArchived) {
+        pendingOlmArchiveResets.add(olmId);
+    }
+}
+
+// ── Flush Logic ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/**
+ * Flush all accumulated site pings to the database.
+ */
+async function flushSitePingsToDb(): Promise<void> {
+    if (pendingSitePings.size === 0) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // Snapshot and clear so new pings arriving during the flush go into a
+    // fresh map for the next cycle.
+    const pingsToFlush = new Map(pendingSitePings);
+    pendingSitePings.clear();
+
+    // Sort by siteId for consistent lock ordering (prevents deadlocks)
+    const sortedEntries = Array.from(pingsToFlush.entries()).sort(
+        ([a], [b]) => a - b
+    );
+
+    const BATCH_SIZE = 50;
+    for (let i = 0; i < sortedEntries.length; i += BATCH_SIZE) {
+        const batch = sortedEntries.slice(i, i + BATCH_SIZE);
+
+        try {
+            await withRetry(async () => {
+                // Group by timestamp for efficient bulk updates
+                const byTimestamp = new Map<number, number[]>();
+                for (const [siteId, timestamp] of batch) {
+                    const group = byTimestamp.get(timestamp) || [];
+                    group.push(siteId);
+                    byTimestamp.set(timestamp, group);
+                }
+
+                if (byTimestamp.size === 1) {
+                    const [timestamp, siteIds] = Array.from(
+                        byTimestamp.entries()
+                    )[0];
+                    await db
+                        .update(sites)
+                        .set({
+                            online: true,
+                            lastPing: timestamp
+                        })
+                        .where(inArray(sites.siteId, siteIds));
+                } else {
+                    await db.transaction(async (tx) => {
+                        for (const [timestamp, siteIds] of byTimestamp) {
+                            await tx
+                                .update(sites)
+                                .set({
+                                    online: true,
+                                    lastPing: timestamp
+                                })
+                                .where(inArray(sites.siteId, siteIds));
+                        }
+                    });
+                }
+            }, "flushSitePingsToDb");
+        } catch (error) {
+            logger.error(
+                `Failed to flush site ping batch (${batch.length} sites), re-queuing for next cycle`,
+                { error }
+            );
+            for (const [siteId, timestamp] of batch) {
+                const existing = pendingSitePings.get(siteId);
+                if (!existing || existing < timestamp) {
+                    pendingSitePings.set(siteId, timestamp);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Flush all accumulated client (OLM) pings to the database.
+ */
+async function flushClientPingsToDb(): Promise<void> {
+    if (pendingClientPings.size === 0 && pendingOlmArchiveResets.size === 0) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // Snapshot and clear
+    const pingsToFlush = new Map(pendingClientPings);
+    pendingClientPings.clear();
+
+    const olmResetsToFlush = new Set(pendingOlmArchiveResets);
+    pendingOlmArchiveResets.clear();
+
+    // ── Flush client pings ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+    if (pingsToFlush.size > 0) {
+        const sortedEntries = Array.from(pingsToFlush.entries()).sort(
+            ([a], [b]) => a - b
+        );
+
+        const BATCH_SIZE = 50;
+        for (let i = 0; i < sortedEntries.length; i += BATCH_SIZE) {
+            const batch = sortedEntries.slice(i, i + BATCH_SIZE);
+
+            try {
+                await withRetry(async () => {
+                    const byTimestamp = new Map<number, number[]>();
+                    for (const [clientId, timestamp] of batch) {
+                        const group = byTimestamp.get(timestamp) || [];
+                        group.push(clientId);
+                        byTimestamp.set(timestamp, group);
+                    }
+
+                    if (byTimestamp.size === 1) {
+                        const [timestamp, clientIds] = Array.from(
+                            byTimestamp.entries()
+                        )[0];
+                        await db
+                            .update(clients)
+                            .set({
+                                lastPing: timestamp,
+                                online: true,
+                                archived: false
+                            })
+                            .where(inArray(clients.clientId, clientIds));
+                    } else {
+                        await db.transaction(async (tx) => {
+                            for (const [timestamp, clientIds] of byTimestamp) {
+                                await tx
+                                    .update(clients)
+                                    .set({
+                                        lastPing: timestamp,
+                                        online: true,
+                                        archived: false
+                                    })
+                                    .where(
+                                        inArray(clients.clientId, clientIds)
+                                    );
+                            }
+                        });
+                    }
+                }, "flushClientPingsToDb");
+            } catch (error) {
+                logger.error(
+                    `Failed to flush client ping batch (${batch.length} clients), re-queuing for next cycle`,
+                    { error }
+                );
+                for (const [clientId, timestamp] of batch) {
+                    const existing = pendingClientPings.get(clientId);
+                    if (!existing || existing < timestamp) {
+                        pendingClientPings.set(clientId, timestamp);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // ── Flush OLM archive resets ───────────────────────────────────────
+    if (olmResetsToFlush.size > 0) {
+        const olmIds = Array.from(olmResetsToFlush).sort();
+
+        const BATCH_SIZE = 50;
+        for (let i = 0; i < olmIds.length; i += BATCH_SIZE) {
+            const batch = olmIds.slice(i, i + BATCH_SIZE);
+
+            try {
+                await withRetry(async () => {
+                    await db
+                        .update(olms)
+                        .set({ archived: false })
+                        .where(inArray(olms.olmId, batch));
+                }, "flushOlmArchiveResets");
+            } catch (error) {
+                logger.error(
+                    `Failed to flush OLM archive reset batch (${batch.length} olms), re-queuing for next cycle`,
+                    { error }
+                );
+                for (const olmId of batch) {
+                    pendingOlmArchiveResets.add(olmId);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Flush everything — called by the interval timer and during shutdown.
+ */
+export async function flushPingsToDb(): Promise<void> {
+    await flushSitePingsToDb();
+    await flushClientPingsToDb();
+}
+
+// ── Retry / Error Helpers ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/**
+ * Simple retry wrapper with exponential backoff for transient errors
+ * (connection timeouts, unexpected disconnects).
+ */
+async function withRetry<T>(
+    operation: () => Promise<T>,
+    context: string
+): Promise<T> {
+    let attempt = 0;
+    while (true) {
+        try {
+            return await operation();
+        } catch (error: any) {
+            if (isTransientError(error) && attempt < MAX_RETRIES) {
+                attempt++;
+                const baseDelay = Math.pow(2, attempt - 1) * BASE_DELAY_MS;
+                const jitter = Math.random() * baseDelay;
+                const delay = baseDelay + jitter;
+                logger.warn(
+                    `Transient DB error in ${context}, retrying attempt ${attempt}/${MAX_RETRIES} after ${delay.toFixed(0)}ms`
+                );
+                await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, delay));
+                continue;
+            }
+            throw error;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Detect transient connection errors that are safe to retry.
+ */
+function isTransientError(error: any): boolean {
+    if (!error) return false;
+
+    const message = (error.message || "").toLowerCase();
+    const causeMessage = (error.cause?.message || "").toLowerCase();
+    const code = error.code || "";
+
+    // Connection timeout / terminated
+    if (
+        message.includes("connection timeout") ||
+        message.includes("connection terminated") ||
+        message.includes("timeout exceeded when trying to connect") ||
+        causeMessage.includes("connection terminated unexpectedly") ||
+        causeMessage.includes("connection timeout")
+    ) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    // PostgreSQL deadlock
+    if (code === "40P01" || message.includes("deadlock")) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    // ECONNRESET, ECONNREFUSED, EPIPE
+    if (
+        code === "ECONNRESET" ||
+        code === "ECONNREFUSED" ||
+        code === "EPIPE" ||
+        code === "ETIMEDOUT"
+    ) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+// ── Lifecycle ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/**
+ * Start the background flush timer. Call this once at server startup.
+ */
+export function startPingAccumulator(): void {
+    if (flushTimer) {
+        return; // Already running
+    }
+
+    flushTimer = setInterval(async () => {
+        try {
+            await flushPingsToDb();
+        } catch (error) {
+            logger.error("Unhandled error in ping accumulator flush", {
+                error
+            });
+        }
+    }, FLUSH_INTERVAL_MS);
+
+    // Don't prevent the process from exiting
+    flushTimer.unref();
+
+    logger.info(
+        `Ping accumulator started (flush interval: ${FLUSH_INTERVAL_MS}ms)`
+    );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Stop the background flush timer and perform a final flush.
+ * Call this during graceful shutdown.
+ */
+export async function stopPingAccumulator(): Promise<void> {
+    if (flushTimer) {
+        clearInterval(flushTimer);
+        flushTimer = null;
+    }
+
+    // Final flush to persist any remaining pings
+    try {
+        await flushPingsToDb();
+    } catch (error) {
+        logger.error("Error during final ping accumulator flush", { error });
+    }
+
+    logger.info("Ping accumulator stopped");
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get the number of pending (unflushed) pings. Useful for monitoring.
+ */
+export function getPendingPingCount(): number {
+    return pendingSitePings.size + pendingClientPings.size;
+}

server/routers/olm/getOlmToken.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
     ExitNode,
     exitNodes,
     sites,
-    clientSitesAssociationsCache
+    clientSitesAssociationsCache,
 } from "@server/db";
 import { olms } from "@server/db";
 import HttpCode from "@server/types/HttpCode";
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ import { z } from "zod";
 import { fromError } from "zod-validation-error";
 import {
     createOlmSession,
-    validateOlmSessionToken
+    validateOlmSessionToken,
+    EXPIRES
 } from "@server/auth/sessions/olm";
+import { getOrCreateCachedToken } from "#dynamic/lib/tokenCache";
 import { verifyPassword } from "@server/auth/password";
 import logger from "@server/logger";
 import config from "@server/lib/config";
@@ -132,8 +134,19 @@ export async function getOlmToken(
 
         logger.debug("Creating new olm session token");
 
-        const resToken = generateSessionToken();
-        await createOlmSession(resToken, existingOlm.olmId);
+        // Return a cached token if one exists to prevent thundering herd on
+        // simultaneous restarts; falls back to creating a fresh session when
+        // Redis is unavailable or the cache has expired.
+        const resToken = await getOrCreateCachedToken(
+            `olm:token_cache:${existingOlm.olmId}`,
+            config.getRawConfig().server.secret!,
+            Math.floor(EXPIRES / 1000),
+            async () => {
+                const token = generateSessionToken();
+                await createOlmSession(token, existingOlm.olmId);
+                return token;
+            }
+        );
 
         let clientIdToUse;
         if (orgId) {

server/routers/olm/handleOlmPingMessage.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { db } from "@server/db";
 import { MessageHandler } from "@server/routers/ws";
 import { clients, olms, Olm } from "@server/db";
 import { eq, lt, isNull, and, or } from "drizzle-orm";
+import { recordClientPing } from "@server/routers/newt/pingAccumulator";
 import logger from "@server/logger";
 import { validateSessionToken } from "@server/auth/sessions/app";
 import { checkOrgAccessPolicy } from "#dynamic/lib/checkOrgAccessPolicy";
@@ -201,22 +202,12 @@ export const handleOlmPingMessage: MessageHandler = async (context) => {
             await sendOlmSyncMessage(olm, client);
         }
 
-        // Update the client's last ping timestamp
-        await db
-            .update(clients)
-            .set({
-                lastPing: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000),
-                online: true,
-                archived: false
-            })
-            .where(eq(clients.clientId, olm.clientId));
-
-        if (olm.archived) {
-            await db
-                .update(olms)
-                .set({ archived: false })
-                .where(eq(olms.olmId, olm.olmId));
-        }
+        // Record the ping in memory; it will be flushed to the database
+        // periodically by the ping accumulator (every ~10s) in a single
+        // batched UPDATE instead of one query per ping. This prevents
+        // connection pool exhaustion under load, especially with
+        // cross-region latency to the database.
+        recordClientPing(olm.clientId, olm.olmId, !!olm.archived);
     } catch (error) {
         logger.error("Error handling ping message", { error });
     }

server/routers/ws/messageHandlers.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
     startNewtOfflineChecker,
     handleNewtDisconnectingMessage
 } from "../newt";
+import { startPingAccumulator } from "../newt/pingAccumulator";
 import {
     handleOlmRegisterMessage,
     handleOlmRelayMessage,
@@ -46,6 +47,10 @@ export const messageHandlers: Record<string, MessageHandler> = {
     "ws/round-trip/complete": handleRoundTripMessage
 };
 
+// Start the ping accumulator for all builds — it batches per-site online/lastPing
+// updates into periodic bulk writes, preventing connection pool exhaustion.
+startPingAccumulator();
+
 if (build != "saas") {
     startOlmOfflineChecker(); // this is to handle the offline check for olms
     startNewtOfflineChecker(); // this is to handle the offline check for newts

server/routers/ws/ws.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { Socket } from "net";
 import { Newt, newts, NewtSession, olms, Olm, OlmSession, sites } from "@server/db";
 import { eq } from "drizzle-orm";
 import { db } from "@server/db";
+import { recordPing } from "@server/routers/newt/pingAccumulator";
 import { validateNewtSessionToken } from "@server/auth/sessions/newt";
 import { validateOlmSessionToken } from "@server/auth/sessions/olm";
 import { messageHandlers } from "./messageHandlers";
@@ -386,22 +387,14 @@ const setupConnection = async (
     // the same as modern newt clients.
     if (clientType === "newt") {
         const newtClient = client as Newt;
-        ws.on("ping", async () => {
+        ws.on("ping", () => {
             if (!newtClient.siteId) return;
-            try {
-                await db
-                    .update(sites)
-                    .set({
-                        online: true,
-                        lastPing: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000)
-                    })
-                    .where(eq(sites.siteId, newtClient.siteId));
-            } catch (error) {
-                logger.error(
-                    "Error updating newt site online state on WS ping",
-                    { error }
-                );
-            }
+            // Record the ping in the accumulator instead of writing to the
+            // database on every WS ping frame. The accumulator flushes all
+            // pending pings in a single batched UPDATE every ~10s, which
+            // prevents connection pool exhaustion under load (especially
+            // with cross-region latency to the database).
+            recordPing(newtClient.siteId);
         });
     }