[Python] Django + DigitalOcean Managed PostgreS: “remaining connection slots are reserved for...

I’m trying to configure Django to use a connection pool against a DigitalOcean Managed PostgreSQL instance, but keep running into this error:

OperationalError: connection failed: connection to server at "xxxxxxxxxxxx", port yyyy failed: FATAL:
remaining connection slots are reserved for roles with the SUPERUSER attribute

My DATABASES setting looks like this (Django 5.2+):

DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
'NAME': database_name,
'USER': database_user,
'PASSWORD': database_password,
'HOST': database_host,
'PORT': database_port,
"OPTIONS": {
'sslmode': sslmode,
'pool': {
'min_size': 5,
'max_size': 150,
'timeout': 20,
},
}
}
}



Is this the correct way to enable pooling via Django’s built-in OPTIONS['pool'] settings?

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