ER_MAX_PREPARED_STMT_COUNT_REACHED

Hi,
Can someone please explain why I get this error ER_MAX_PREPARED_STMT_COUNT_REACHED when I am following this documentation

Here is my code:

export const getById = (id) => {
  return db().then(async (connection) => {
    const sql = await connection.format(`
      SELECT * FROM ${baseTables} 
      WHERE ${baseWhere} 
      AND status = 'ACTIVE' 
      AND id = ?`,
      [ id ]
    );
    const resultSet = await connection.execute(sql);
    const row = get(resultSet, "[0].[0]");
    if (row) {
      const rowItem = t.buildRow(row);
      connection.unprepare(sql);
      connection.release();

      return rowItem;
    }
  });
};

Yet every couple months I get this error: ER_MAX_PREPARED_STMT_COUNT_REACHED
I have read:
https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/issues/158
https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/issues/393
https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/issues/702

Should I do the manual version, and do it like this instead?

export const getById = (id) => {
  return db().then(async (connection) => {
    
     const sql = await connection.prepare(`
      SELECT * FROM ${baseTables} 
      WHERE ${baseWhere} 
      AND status = 'ACTIVE' 
      AND id = ?`,
      [ id ]
    );

    const resultSet = await connection.execute(sql);
    const row = get(resultSet, "[0].[0]");
    if (row) {
      const rowItem = t.buildRow(row);
      connection.close();

      return rowItem;
    }
  });
};

Thanks.

Read documentation/Prepared-Statements.md first, then compare the reported connection.format/execute/unprepare flow with the examples and linked issues #158, #393, and #702. Confirm the documented cause and whether the proposed manual prepare flow is valid; done means a clear maintainer-backed explanation or documentation correction.