The DSQL Book

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Connections and IAM tokens

Aurora DSQL closes every connection after one hour and authenticates with a token that expires in fifteen minutes. How to write a pool that survives both, in a Lambda or anywhere else.

October 18, 2026

The Aurora DSQL constraints reference

Every PostgreSQL feature Aurora DSQL refuses or changes, verified statement by statement against a live cluster in October 2026, with what to write instead and which refusals reach into your application code.

August 15, 2026