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Session-scoped Postgres advisory locks break under transaction pooling

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Description

## What

Same root: session-scoped Postgres advisory locks break under transaction-pooling (PgBouncer / Cockroach). #14562 asks for a disable flag; #23876 is the migrate.py deadlock.

## Want

- #14562 asks for a disable flag
- #23876 is the migrate.py deadlock

## Ideas this came from

- [#14562 Flag to disable advisory locks](https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/issues/14562) — It has been raised once before here but it has been quite a while since it was closed. The ability to use CockroachDB as the database would really help. The sca
- [#23876 Migration advisory lock (session-scoped pg_advisory_lock) strands under PgBouncer transaction pooling, deadlocking all server pods](https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/issues/23876) — lifecycle/migrate.py guards migrations with a session-level advisory lock: Behind a PgBouncer pool in transaction mode this lock leaks and is never released, pe

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Research direction

Start with lifecycle/migrate.py and read linked issues #14562 and #23876 to understand the existing advisory-lock behavior and the requested disable or pooling-related outcome. The issue does not define a single implementation or acceptance test, so confirm the intended scope and what supporting CockroachDB or transaction pooling should mean before assessing completion.

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Assessment

Tech stack
postgresql, python
Domain
databases
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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