I'm experiencing critical database performance issues on my paid Railway PostgreSQL service. ISSUE: \- Simple queries like "SELECT 1" are taking 892ms \- This is pure connection overhead, not query execution time \- 470 record queries taking 400-500ms total \- This makes my application completely unusable DATABASE DETAILS: \- Service: PostgreSQL \- Plan: Pro \- Database URL: postgresql://postgres:\*\*\*@[hopper.proxy.rlwy.net:43917/blazerail](http://hopper.proxy.rlwy.net:43917/blazerail) \- Region: US EVIDENCE: \`\`\`bash time psql "connection-string" -c "SELECT 1;" > /dev/null real 0m0.892s # This is unacceptable IMPACT: \- Application responses timing out \- Users experiencing 5seconds + page loads \- Service essentially unusable This appears to be a Railway infrastructure/proxy issue, not my application. Normal database connections should be <50ms, not 900ms.

Critical Database Performance Issue - 900ms Connection Latency on Paid Plan

nazerfaze

PROOP

a year ago

I'm experiencing critical database performance issues on my paid Railway PostgreSQL service.

ISSUE:

- Simple queries like "SELECT 1" are taking 892ms

- This is pure connection overhead, not query execution time

- 470 record queries taking 400-500ms total

- This makes my application completely unusable

DATABASE DETAILS:

- Service: PostgreSQL

- Plan: Pro

- Database URL: postgresql://postgres:***@hopper.proxy.rlwy.net:43917/blazerail

- Region: US

EVIDENCE:

```bash

time psql "connection-string" -c "SELECT 1;" > /dev/null

real 0m0.892s # This is unacceptable

IMPACT:

- Application responses timing out

- Users experiencing 5seconds + page loads

- Service essentially unusable

This appears to be a Railway infrastructure/proxy issue, not my application. Normal database connections should be <50ms, not 900ms.

Solved

4 Replies

Railway

BOT

a year ago

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echohack

EMPLOYEE

a year ago

Heya!

Looks like you're connecting over a public network tcp proxy. You should instead use a private connection string for dramatically improved query times.

Status changed to Awaiting User Response Railway • 11 months ago

Status changed to Solved echohack • 11 months ago

echohack

Heya! Looks like you're connecting over a public network tcp proxy. You should instead use a private connection string for dramatically improved query times.

nazerfaze

PROOP

a year ago

Hi, thanks for response.

I routed via the internal url and connected to my server and the Time to first response is close to 3 seconds and im in the same region as the server i connected it to. its wrapped via a public url.

I don't recall it being this slow.

Status changed to Awaiting Railway Response Railway • 11 months ago

echohack

EMPLOYEE

a year ago

Looks like this is related to your application. The private network is fast.

```

# time nc -v postgres.railway.internal 5432 < /dev/null

postgres.railway.internal ([fd12:5a1d:373a:0:2000:1:6153:2fac]:5432) open

real 0m 0.02s

user 0m 0.00s

sys 0m 0.00s

```

I'd take a look at how you're establishing this connection, your connection pooler, and how you have postgres configured.

Status changed to Awaiting User Response Railway • 11 months ago

Railway

BOT

10 months ago

This thread has been marked as solved automatically due to a lack of recent activity. Please re-open this thread or create a new one if you require further assistance. Thank you!

Status changed to Solved Railway • 11 months ago

Welcome!