feat: Migrate Prisma from 6.14.0 to 7.7.0 with driver adapters

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Summary

Upgrades Prisma from 6.14.0 to 7.7.0, replacing the Rust binary query engine with the new TypeScript/WASM engine-less client using @prisma/adapter-pg. This eliminates the Rust↔JS serialization overhead and the binary engine process.

What changed:

• prisma, @prisma/client → 7.7.0; added @prisma/adapter-pg@7.7.0; @prisma/instrumentation → ^7.7.0
• schema.prisma: removed url/directUrl from datasource, removed binaryTargets, removed previewFeatures = ["metrics"], added engineType = "client"
• New prisma.config.ts for Prisma CLI (migrations) — uses engine: "classic" so the schema engine binary still works for migrations while the app uses the new client engine. Excluded from TS build via tsconfig.json.
• db.server.ts: both writer and replica PrismaClient instances now use PrismaPg adapter with pool config passed directly to the constructor instead of URL query params. The extendQueryParams() helper is removed.
• Enabled prepared statement caching via statementNameGenerator on both writer and replica adapters — SHA-256 hash of SQL string generates deterministic names so PostgreSQL reuses cached query plans (restores behavior the old Rust engine had automatically)
• $metrics fully dropped: removed prisma.$metrics.prometheus() from /metrics route, deleted entire configurePrismaMetrics() (~200 LOC of OTel gauges) from tracer.server.ts
• PrismaClientKnownRequestError import path updated: @prisma/client/runtime/library → @prisma/client/runtime/client
• All other PrismaClient instantiation sites updated to adapter pattern: testcontainers, tests/utils.ts, scripts/recover-stuck-runs.ts, benchmark producer
• references/prisma-7 updated from 6.20.0-integration-next.8 → 7.7.0 to fix a pnpm hoisting conflict
• Testcontainers prisma db push command updated for Prisma 7 CLI changes
• Docker build updated for Prisma 7
• Fixed $transaction retry logic for Prisma 7 write conflicts
• Fixed run-engine test timing for PrismaPg adapter overhead

Prepared statement caching (statementNameGenerator)

The old Rust engine automatically used deterministic prepared statement names, allowing PostgreSQL to reuse cached query plans. The PrismaPg driver adapter does not do this by default — every query uses an anonymous prepared statement that PostgreSQL must parse and plan from scratch.

Added a statementNameGenerator (available since @prisma/adapter-pg@7.6.0) to both writer and replica adapters in db.server.ts. It generates a deterministic name by SHA-256 hashing the SQL string (p_<first 16 hex chars>). This restores the plan-reuse behavior of the old engine — PostgreSQL skips parsing and planning for repeated query shapes, reducing per-query overhead. Uses node:crypto's createHash("sha256") which is synchronous but fast (~1-2µs per call).

$transaction retry logic fix for DriverAdapterError

Local integration testing revealed that with Prisma 7's PrismaPg driver adapter, write conflicts (PostgreSQL 40001 serialization failures) surface as a DriverAdapterError with message: "TransactionWriteConflict" — not as PrismaClientKnownRequestError with code P2034. This meant the existing isPrismaRetriableError() check silently failed to match, and the $transaction wrapper would not retry on write conflicts.

Fix in transaction.ts:

• Added isDriverAdapterTransactionWriteConflict() — duck-type check for error.name === "DriverAdapterError" && error.message === "TransactionWriteConflict"
• Updated isPrismaRetriableError() to catch both error shapes
• Refactored the $transaction catch block to use the unified check

Local integration test results (all pass):

Test	Result
$on("query") events fire with all required fields	✅
P2028 (transaction timeout) → PrismaClientKnownRequestError	✅
Write conflict → DriverAdapterError: TransactionWriteConflict	✅
isPrismaRetriableError() catches both P2028 and DriverAdapterError	✅
$transaction wrapper retries on DriverAdapterError then succeeds	✅
$transaction wrapper does NOT retry on P2002	✅
$transaction wrapper exhausts maxRetries then throws	✅
20 concurrent queries through pool of 3	✅ (26ms)
30 heavy transactions (4 queries each) through pool of 3	✅ (79ms)

$transaction error code analysis

Code	Meaning	Prisma 7 behavior	Error type	Retry logic status
P2028	Transaction timeout	Still thrown — all TransactionManager timeout/closed/rollback errors map here	PrismaClientKnownRequestError	✅ Works (existing code)
P2034	Write conflict / deadlock	No longer thrown directly. @prisma/adapter-pg maps PG 40001 → DriverAdapterError: TransactionWriteConflict instead	DriverAdapterError	✅ Works (new duck-type check)
P2024	Connection pool timeout	Never thrown. pg.Pool has no acquisition timeout; its errors surface as raw Error	N/A	⚠️ Dead code — harmless but won't match

Run-engine test timing fixes (test-only changes)

waitpoints.test.ts: PrismaPg adds ~5-10ms overhead per query vs the old Rust engine. The continueRunIfUnblocked worker job executes 5+ DB queries, so the previous 200ms setTimeout budget was too tight on CI runners.

• Increased setTimeout from 200ms → 1000ms (4 locations)
• Increased idempotencyKeyExpiresAt from 200ms → 60s (2 locations)
• All 9 tests pass locally; previously failed deterministically in CI.

priority.test.ts: processWorkerQueueDebounceMs: 50 caused the background processQueueForWorkerQueue job to fire between individual trigger() calls (which are slower with PrismaPg). This moved runs from the priority-sorted master queue to the FIFO worker queue one-by-one in arrival order instead of collectively in priority order.

• Increased processWorkerQueueDebounceMs from 50 → 10,000 so the test's manual processMasterQueueForEnvironment() controls ordering
• Verified 5/5 consecutive local runs pass (previously ~2/3 failed)
• In production, the master queue consumer handles ordering correctly because it processes queues in bulk.

Docker changes

• Dockerfile: Updated prisma generate from prisma@6.14.0 → prisma@7.7.0, added COPY for prisma.config.ts into dev-deps stage
• entrypoint.sh: Removed cp node_modules/@prisma/engines/*.node apps/webapp/prisma/ — Prisma 7 uses WASM bundled in the generated client instead of .node binary engines
• Docker image tested locally: migrations run, webapp serves on port 3000, no Rust engine process

Other fixes

• @prisma/client-runtime-utils hoisting conflict: references/prisma-7 pinned @prisma/client@6.20.0-integration-next.8, causing pnpm to hoist the wrong version of @prisma/client-runtime-utils. Updated to 7.7.0.
• Testcontainers prisma db push: Prisma 7 removed --skip-generate flag. The old command failed silently (tinyexec swallows non-zero exits), creating test databases without tables. Fixed by removing --skip-generate and adding --url.

Review & Testing Checklist for Human

• Pool timeout behavior change (HIGH RISK): DATABASE_POOL_TIMEOUT (default 60s) is now unused. The old code used it as Prisma's connection acquisition timeout. pg.Pool has no equivalent — under high load, requests queue indefinitely instead of failing after 60s. P2024 retries are dead code. Decide if this is acceptable or if a wrapper is needed.
• DriverAdapterError detection is duck-typed: Matches on error.name === "DriverAdapterError" && error.message === "TransactionWriteConflict". If Prisma changes these strings, retry logic silently breaks. Also, DriverAdapterError write conflicts do NOT flow through the prismaError callback — error reporting for write conflicts will differ from P2028 timeouts.
• PrismaPg per-query latency overhead: Test timing fixes confirm ~5-10ms overhead per query. The statementNameGenerator should help (PG skips parse+plan), but verify net impact on hot paths (triggerTask) in staging.
• Prepared statement cache growth: PostgreSQL's prepared statement cache on each connection grows without bound over the connection's lifetime. Monitor pg_prepared_statements in staging for long-lived pool connections with many distinct query shapes. (Same behavior as old Rust engine, but worth confirming.)
• Metrics/observability gap: All prisma_* Prometheus metrics and 18 OTel gauges are gone. Verify Grafana dashboards and alerting are updated. Consider adding pg.Pool stats in a follow-up.

Recommended test plan: Deploy to staging with a representative workload. Local integration tests confirmed: query events fire, pool handles concurrent transactions, retries work for both P2028 and DriverAdapterError. Staging should verify: connection pool behavior under production-scale load, query latency on hot paths (should benefit from statement caching), and OTel span completeness.

Notes

• prisma.config.ts is excluded from the TypeScript build (tsconfig.json) — only consumed by Prisma CLI.
• DATABASE_POOL_TIMEOUT env var is now a no-op. Needs a follow-up to document the change or implement acquisition timeout at a different layer.
• The testcontainers tinyexec call does not throw on non-zero exit codes — consider adding error handling in a follow-up.
• Known upstream Prisma 7 issue: concurrent performIO on PgTransaction triggers a pg deprecation warning on writes with multiple include relations. Will become a hard error in pg@9.0. Not introduced by this PR.
• Run-engine test timing changes are conservative (200ms → 1000ms, 50ms → 10s debounce) to ensure CI reliability. These do not affect production behavior.

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Local Runtime Testing Results

Ran the webapp locally against Postgres with the PrismaPg driver adapter. Devin session

Results

• Test 1: DB writes via PrismaPg adapter — PASSED (login, org creation, project creation)
• Test 2: DB reads via PrismaPg adapter — PASSED (Runs page, API keys page load correctly)
• Test 3: /metrics has no prisma_ metrics* — PASSED (zero lines matching "prisma")
• Test 4: No Rust query-engine binary — PASSED (no process, no binary references in logs)

Evidence: Dashboard pages load with real DB data

Login page	Dashboard after org+project creation

Runs page (empty state)	API keys page (real data)

Evidence: Server logs confirm PrismaPg adapter (no Rust engine)

🔌 setting up prisma client to postgresql://postgres@localhost:5432/postgres?schema=public&application_name=trigger.dev+webapp
🔌 prisma client connected
🔌 No database replica, using the regular client

Evidence: /metrics and process checks

$ curl -s http://localhost:3030/metrics | grep -i prisma
# (no output — zero prisma metrics)

$ ps aux | grep -v grep | grep query-engine
# (no output — no Rust engine process)

Not tested (recommend staging verification)

• $on("query") event firing with driver adapters (QueryPerformanceMonitor)
• $transaction retry behavior under concurrent load (P2024/P2028/P2034)
• Connection pool exhaustion behavior (DATABASE_POOL_TIMEOUT is now a no-op)

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🚩 Prisma $on('query') events may not fire with client engine + driver adapter

Both the primary and replica clients register $on('query', ...) handlers for query performance monitoring (queryPerformanceMonitor.onQuery). With Prisma 7's engineType = 'client' and the PrismaPg driver adapter, query-level events may behave differently or not fire at all compared to the binary engine. If query events are no longer emitted, the queryPerformanceMonitor and verbose Prisma logging (VERBOSE_PRISMA_LOGS) would silently stop working. This should be tested to confirm query events still fire with the new engine.

(Refers to lines 228-231)

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🔴 DATABASE_POOL_TIMEOUT env var silently unused — pool wait timeout behavior removed

The DATABASE_POOL_TIMEOUT env var (default 60s, defined at apps/webapp/app/env.server.ts:60) is still parsed but never passed to the new PrismaPg adapter configuration. The old code passed it as pool_timeout to Prisma's connection string, which controlled how long a client waits for a free connection when the pool is at capacity. The pg.Pool used by PrismaPg has no equivalent pool wait timeout — when all connections are busy, new requests queue indefinitely. Under high database load (all max connections checked out), this could cause unbounded request queuing and cascading failures, whereas previously these requests would fail cleanly after 60s.

Prompt for agents

The PrismaPg adapter is configured with pg.Pool options (max, idleTimeoutMillis, connectionTimeoutMillis) but the old DATABASE_POOL_TIMEOUT (default 60s) behavior is lost. pg.Pool does not have a built-in pool wait timeout — when all connections are busy, new callers block indefinitely. To restore the old behavior, you can either:

1. Use the 'pg-pool' option 'allowExitOnIdle' combined with a wrapper that adds a timeout to pool.connect(), or
2. Set the 'statement_timeout' and/or 'idle_in_transaction_session_timeout' on the PostgreSQL connection string, or
3. Most directly: pg.Pool doesn't have a pool-level wait timeout, but you could implement one by wrapping the adapter or by using a pg.Pool subclass that rejects after a timeout when waiting in the queue.

The same fix needs to be applied to both the primary client (getClient function around line 121) and the replica client (getReplicaClient function around line 252). Also consider removing or deprecating DATABASE_POOL_TIMEOUT from env.server.ts if it's no longer applicable, to avoid confusing self-hosting users who set it expecting it to have an effect.

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🚩 Test timeout increases appear to compensate for PrismaPg adapter overhead

Several test files have timeout increases (200ms → 1000ms in waitpoints.test.ts, 50ms → 10000ms debounce in priority.test.ts, 200ms → 60000ms idempotency TTL). These changes suggest that the PrismaPg adapter has higher latency than the old binary engine for these operations. The priority test comment explicitly explains this: 'With PrismaPg adapter overhead each trigger() takes longer, so a small debounce causes items to be moved to the worker queue individually'. While these increases fix test flakiness, they may indicate a meaningful performance regression worth benchmarking in production-like conditions.

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