crates/common/src/ipc.rs

@@ -345,8 +345,13 @@ pub struct TaskLocks {
 }
 
 impl TaskLocks {
-    /// How long a task lock lasts, in seconds, unless it is released first.
-    pub const DEFAULT_EXPIRY: u64 = 60 * 60;
+    /// How long a task lock lasts, in seconds, unless it is released first
+    /// or renewed. inbuxa: upstream held a lock for an hour, so a killed
+    /// node's tasks waited that long; the lock is now a five-minute lease
+    /// that the task manager renews every third of it while the task runs
+    /// (renew_task_locks), so a dead node's tasks run elsewhere within
+    /// minutes.
+    pub const DEFAULT_EXPIRY: u64 = 5 * 60;
 
     pub fn is_stopping(&self) -> bool {
         self.stopping.load(Ordering::Acquire)
@@ -370,6 +375,16 @@ impl TaskLocks {
         self.held.lock().len()
     }
 
+    /// inbuxa: the tasks this node holds, to renew their locks.
+    pub fn held_ids(&self) -> Vec<u64> {
+        self.held.lock().iter().copied().collect()
+    }
+
+    /// inbuxa: whether this node holds (and is running) the task.
+    pub fn is_held(&self, id: u64) -> bool {
+        self.held.lock().contains(&id)
+    }
+
     pub fn expiry(&self) -> u64 {
         self.expiry.load(Ordering::Relaxed)
     }

crates/services/src/task_manager/lock.rs

@@ -82,3 +82,42 @@ pub async fn release_task_locks(server: &Server) -> usize {
     }
     ids.len()
 }
+
+/// inbuxa: renews the lease on every task this node is running, so it stays
+/// claimed for as long as it runs while a node that dies loses its claims
+/// within one lock lifetime. Returns how many leases were renewed and how
+/// many were found lost (expired, perhaps taken by another node).
+pub async fn renew_task_locks(server: &Server) -> (usize, usize) {
+    let locks = &server.inner.ipc.task_locks;
+    let expiry = locks.expiry();
+    let (mut renewed, mut lost) = (0, 0);
+    for id in locks.held_ids() {
+        match server
+            .in_memory_store()
+            .renew_lock(KV_LOCK_TASK, &id.to_be_bytes(), expiry)
+            .await
+        {
+            Ok(true) => renewed += 1,
+            Ok(false) => {
+                // Still held here as far as this node knows; the task
+                // finishes and its lock is removed as usual
+                if locks.is_held(id) {
+                    lost += 1;
+                    trc::event!(
+                        TaskManager(TaskManagerEvent::TaskLocked),
+                        Id = id,
+                        Details = "Task lock expired while the task was running",
+                    );
+                }
+            }
+            Err(err) => {
+                trc::error!(
+                    err.details("Failed to renew task lock")
+                        .ctx(trc::Key::Id, id)
+                        .caused_by(trc::location!())
+                );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    (renewed, lost)
+}

crates/services/src/task_manager/manager.rs

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use crate::task_manager::dkim::DkimManagementTask;
 use crate::task_manager::dns::DnsManagementTask;
 use crate::task_manager::imip::SendImipTask;
 use crate::task_manager::index::SearchIndexTask;
-use crate::task_manager::lock::TaskLockManager;
+use crate::task_manager::lock::{TaskLockManager, renew_task_locks};
 use crate::task_manager::maintenance::MaintenanceTask;
 use crate::task_manager::merge_threads::MergeThreadsTask;
 use crate::task_manager::report::{self, SubmitReportTask};
@@ -75,6 +75,28 @@ pub fn spawn_task_manager(inner: Arc<Inner>) {
 
     trc::event!(TaskManager(TaskManagerEvent::ManagerStarted));
 
+    // inbuxa: keep the leases of running tasks alive, every third of a lock
+    // lifetime, until the node stops
+    {
+        let inner = inner.clone();
+        tokio::spawn(async move {
+            let mut renewed_at = Instant::now();
+            loop {
+                tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
+                let locks = &inner.ipc.task_locks;
+                if locks.is_stopping() {
+                    break;
+                }
+                if renewed_at.elapsed() >= Duration::from_secs((locks.expiry() / 3).max(1)) {
+                    renewed_at = Instant::now();
+                    if locks.held() > 0 {
+                        renew_task_locks(&inner.build_server()).await;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
     // Create dummy server instance for alarms
     let server_instance = Arc::new(ServerInstance {
         id: "_local".to_string(),
@@ -292,6 +314,12 @@ impl TaskQueueManager for Server {
                                     .caused_by(trc::location!())
                                     .ctx(trc::Key::Value, value)
                             })?;
+                            // inbuxa: running here under a lease this node
+                            // renews; don't hand it to a worker again
+                            if task_locks.is_held(task_id) {
+                                return Ok(true);
+                            }
+
                             let enabled = task_enabled(roles, task_type);
 
                             if !enabled {

crates/store/src/backend/mysql/blob.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <[email protected]>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 use std::ops::Range;
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ impl MysqlStore {
         key: &[u8],
         range: Range<usize>,
     ) -> trc::Result<Option<Vec<u8>>> {
-        let mut conn = self.conn_pool.get_conn().await.map_err(into_error)?;
+        let mut conn = self.conn().await?;
         let s = conn
             .prep("SELECT v FROM t WHERE k = ?")
             .await
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ impl MysqlStore {
     }
 
     pub(crate) async fn put_blob(&self, key: &[u8], data: &[u8]) -> trc::Result<()> {
-        let mut conn = self.conn_pool.get_conn().await.map_err(into_error)?;
+        let mut conn = self.conn().await?;
         let s = conn
             .prep("INSERT INTO t (k, v) VALUES (?, ?) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE v = VALUES(v)")
             .await
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ impl MysqlStore {
     }
 
     pub(crate) async fn delete_blob(&self, key: &[u8]) -> trc::Result<bool> {
-        let mut conn = self.conn_pool.get_conn().await.map_err(into_error)?;
+        let mut conn = self.conn().await?;
         let s = conn
             .prep("DELETE FROM t WHERE k = ?")
             .await

crates/store/src/backend/mysql/lookup.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <[email protected]>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 use mysql_async::{Params, Row, prelude::Queryable};
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ impl MysqlStore {
         query: &str,
         params: &[Value<'_>],
     ) -> trc::Result<T> {
-        let mut conn = self.conn_pool.get_conn().await.map_err(into_error)?;
+        let mut conn = self.conn().await?;
         let s = conn.prep(query).await.map_err(into_error)?;
         let params = Params::Positional(params.iter().map(Into::into).collect());
 

crates/store/src/backend/mysql/main.rs

@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ impl MysqlStore {
             .max_allowed_packet(config.max_allowed_packet.map(|v| v as usize))
             .wait_timeout(config.timeout.map(|t| t.as_secs() as usize))
             .client_found_rows(true)
+            // inbuxa: notice a server that went away without closing the
+            // connection in minutes, not the system default of two hours
+            .tcp_keepalive(Some(super::POOL_KEEPALIVE_IDLE))
             .tcp_port(config.port as u16);
 
         if config.use_tls {
@@ -95,7 +98,7 @@ impl MysqlStore {
     }
 
     pub(crate) async fn create_storage_tables(&self) -> trc::Result<()> {
-        let mut conn = self.conn_pool.get_conn().await.map_err(into_error)?;
+        let mut conn = self.conn().await?;
 
         for table in [
             SUBSPACE_ACL,
@@ -169,7 +172,7 @@ impl MysqlStore {
     }
 
     pub(crate) async fn create_search_tables(&self) -> trc::Result<()> {
-        let mut conn = self.conn_pool.get_conn().await.map_err(into_error)?;
+        let mut conn = self.conn().await?;
 
         create_search_tables::<EmailSearchField>(&mut conn).await?;
         create_search_tables::<CalendarSearchField>(&mut conn).await?;

crates/store/src/backend/mysql/mod.rs

@@ -27,6 +27,33 @@ pub struct MysqlStore {
     pub(crate) conn_pool: Pool,
 }
 
+/// inbuxa: how long a request waits for a pooled connection (including
+/// opening one). mysql_async's pool has no wait timeout, so upstream waited
+/// forever when the server stopped answering.
+pub(crate) const POOL_WAIT_TIMEOUT: std::time::Duration = std::time::Duration::from_secs(30);
+/// inbuxa: idle time before TCP keepalive probes start.
+pub(crate) const POOL_KEEPALIVE_IDLE: std::time::Duration = std::time::Duration::from_secs(60);
+
+impl MysqlStore {
+    /// inbuxa: a pooled connection, or an error once POOL_WAIT_TIMEOUT has
+    /// passed without one.
+    pub(crate) async fn conn(&self) -> trc::Result<mysql_async::Conn> {
+        pool_conn(&self.conn_pool, POOL_WAIT_TIMEOUT).await
+    }
+}
+
+pub(crate) async fn pool_conn(
+    pool: &Pool,
+    wait: std::time::Duration,
+) -> trc::Result<mysql_async::Conn> {
+    match tokio::time::timeout(wait, pool.get_conn()).await {
+        Ok(result) => result.map_err(into_error),
+        Err(_) => Err(trc::StoreEvent::MysqlError
+            .reason("Timed out waiting for a database connection")
+            .details(format!("No connection within {} s", wait.as_secs()))),
+    }
+}
+
 #[inline(always)]
 pub(crate) fn into_error(err: impl Display) -> trc::Error {
     trc::StoreEvent::MysqlError.reason(err)

crates/store/src/backend/mysql/read.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <[email protected]>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 use super::{MysqlStore, into_error, is_timeout_error};
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ impl MysqlStore {
     where
         U: Deserialize + 'static,
     {
-        let mut conn = self.conn_pool.get_conn().await.map_err(into_error)?;
+        let mut conn = self.conn().await?;
         let s = conn
             .prep(format!(
                 "SELECT v FROM {} WHERE k = ?",
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ impl MysqlStore {
     }
 
     pub(crate) async fn key_exists(&self, key: impl Key) -> trc::Result<bool> {
-        let mut conn = self.conn_pool.get_conn().await.map_err(into_error)?;
+        let mut conn = self.conn().await?;
         let s = conn
             .prep(format!(
                 "SELECT 1 FROM {} WHERE k = ?",
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ impl MysqlStore {
         params: IterateParams<T>,
         mut cb: impl for<'x> FnMut(&'x [u8], &'x [u8]) -> trc::Result<bool> + Sync + Send,
     ) -> trc::Result<()> {
-        let mut conn = self.conn_pool.get_conn().await.map_err(into_error)?;
+        let mut conn = self.conn().await?;
         let table = char::from(params.begin.subspace());
         let begin = params.begin.serialize(0);
         let end = params.end.serialize(0);
@@ -155,7 +157,7 @@ impl MysqlStore {
         let key = key.into();
         let table = char::from(key.subspace());
         let key = key.serialize(0);
-        let mut conn = self.conn_pool.get_conn().await.map_err(into_error)?;
+        let mut conn = self.conn().await?;
         let s = conn
             .prep(format!("SELECT v FROM {table} WHERE k = ?"))
             .await

crates/store/src/backend/mysql/search.rs

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use std::fmt::Write;
 
 impl MysqlStore {
     pub async fn index(&self, documents: Vec<IndexDocument>) -> trc::Result<()> {
-        let mut conn = self.conn_pool.get_conn().await.map_err(into_error)?;
+        let mut conn = self.conn().await?;
         let mut tx_opts = TxOpts::default();
         tx_opts
             .with_consistent_snapshot(false)
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ impl MysqlStore {
             build_sort(&mut query, sort);
         }
 
-        let mut conn = self.conn_pool.get_conn().await.map_err(into_error)?;
+        let mut conn = self.conn().await?;
         let s = conn.prep(query).await.map_err(into_error)?;
 
         conn.exec::<i64, _, _>(s, params)
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ impl MysqlStore {
         let mut query = format!("DELETE FROM {table} ");
         let params = build_filter(&mut query, &filter.filters);
 
-        let mut conn = self.conn_pool.get_conn().await.map_err(into_error)?;
+        let mut conn = self.conn().await?;
         let s = conn.prep(&query).await.map_err(into_error)?;
 
         match conn.exec_drop(s, params.clone()).await {

crates/store/src/backend/mysql/write.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <[email protected]>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 use super::{DELETE_CHUNK_SIZE, MIN_DELETE_CHUNK_SIZE, MysqlStore, into_error, is_timeout_error};
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ impl MysqlStore {
     pub(crate) async fn write(&self, mut batch: Batch<'_>) -> trc::Result<AssignedIds> {
         let start = Instant::now();
         let mut retry_count = 0;
-        let mut conn = self.conn_pool.get_conn().await.map_err(into_error)?;
+        let mut conn = self.conn().await?;
 
         loop {
             let err = match self.write_trx(&mut conn, &mut batch).await {
@@ -382,7 +384,7 @@ impl MysqlStore {
     }
 
     pub(crate) async fn purge_store(&self) -> trc::Result<()> {
-        let mut conn = self.conn_pool.get_conn().await.map_err(into_error)?;
+        let mut conn = self.conn().await?;
         for subspace in [SUBSPACE_QUOTA, SUBSPACE_COUNTER, SUBSPACE_IN_MEMORY_COUNTER] {
             purge_table(&mut conn, char::from(subspace)).await?;
         }
@@ -391,7 +393,7 @@ impl MysqlStore {
     }
 
     pub(crate) async fn delete_range(&self, from: impl Key, to: impl Key) -> trc::Result<()> {
-        let mut conn = self.conn_pool.get_conn().await.map_err(into_error)?;
+        let mut conn = self.conn().await?;
         let table = char::from(from.subspace());
         let mut from = from.serialize(0);
         let to = to.serialize(0);

crates/store/src/backend/postgres/main.rs

@@ -22,11 +22,34 @@ use crate::{
 use ::registry::schema::{enums::PostgreSqlRecyclingMethod, structs};
 use ahash::AHashSet;
 use deadpool_postgres::{
-    Config, ManagerConfig, Object, Pool, PoolConfig, RecyclingMethod, Runtime,
+    Config, ManagerConfig, Object, Pool, PoolConfig, RecyclingMethod, Runtime, Timeouts,
 };
+use std::time::Duration;
 use tokio_postgres::NoTls;
 use utils::tls::rustls_client_config;
 
+/// inbuxa: how long a request waits for a pooled connection.
+pub(crate) const POOL_WAIT_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(30);
+/// inbuxa: how long opening a connection may take when the store sets no
+/// timeout of its own.
+pub(crate) const POOL_CREATE_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(15);
+/// inbuxa: how long checking a pooled connection before reuse may take.
+pub(crate) const POOL_RECYCLE_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(10);
+/// inbuxa: idle time before TCP keepalive probes start.
+pub(crate) const POOL_KEEPALIVE_IDLE: Duration = Duration::from_secs(60);
+
+/// inbuxa: the pool's timeouts. Opening a connection is bounded by the
+/// store's own timeout when it has one; waiting for one covers at least that
+/// long, so a slow connect isn't cut short by the wait.
+pub(crate) fn pool_timeouts(connect_timeout: Option<Duration>) -> Timeouts {
+    let create = connect_timeout.unwrap_or(POOL_CREATE_TIMEOUT);
+    Timeouts {
+        wait: POOL_WAIT_TIMEOUT.max(create).into(),
+        create: create.into(),
+        recycle: POOL_RECYCLE_TIMEOUT.into(),
+    }
+}
+
 impl PostgresStore {
     pub async fn open(config: structs::PostgreSqlStore) -> Result<Store, String> {
         // inbuxa: ST-15: where the primary is, to tell a replica from it
@@ -46,9 +69,20 @@ impl PostgresStore {
                 PostgreSqlRecyclingMethod::Clean => RecyclingMethod::Clean,
             },
         });
-        if let Some(max_conn) = config.pool_max_connections {
-            cfg.pool = PoolConfig::new(max_conn as usize).into();
-        }
+        // inbuxa: upstream set no pool timeouts, so a request waited for a
+        // free connection, or for one to be made or recycled, for as long as
+        // it took: forever when the server stopped answering. A worker now
+        // gets an error instead and the task or request is retried.
+        let mut pool = config
+            .pool_max_connections
+            .map(|max_conn| PoolConfig::new(max_conn as usize))
+            .unwrap_or_default();
+        pool.timeouts = pool_timeouts(cfg.connect_timeout);
+        cfg.pool = pool.into();
+        // Notice a server that went away without closing the connection in
+        // minutes rather than the system default of two hours
+        cfg.keepalives = true.into();
+        cfg.keepalives_idle = POOL_KEEPALIVE_IDLE.into();
 
         let primary_pool = if config.use_tls {
             cfg.create_pool(

crates/store/src/backend/redis/lookup.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <[email protected]>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 use super::{RedisPool, RedisStore, into_error};
@@ -79,6 +81,30 @@ impl RedisStore {
         }
     }
 
+    // inbuxa: see InMemoryStore::renew_lock
+    pub async fn renew_lock(&self, key: &[u8], expires: u64) -> trc::Result<bool> {
+        match &self.pool {
+            RedisPool::Single(pool) => {
+                with_conn(pool, async |conn| {
+                    Self::renew_lock_(conn, key, expires).await
+                })
+                .await
+            }
+            RedisPool::Cluster(pool) => {
+                with_conn(pool, async |conn| {
+                    Self::renew_lock_(conn, key, expires).await
+                })
+                .await
+            }
+            RedisPool::Sentinel(pool) => {
+                with_conn(pool, async |conn| {
+                    Self::renew_lock_(conn, key, expires).await
+                })
+                .await
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     pub async fn key_delete(&self, key: &[u8]) -> trc::Result<()> {
         match &self.pool {
             RedisPool::Single(pool) => {
@@ -226,6 +252,22 @@ impl RedisStore {
             .map(|reply| reply.is_some())
     }
 
+    async fn renew_lock_(
+        conn: &mut impl AsyncCommands,
+        key: &[u8],
+        expires: u64,
+    ) -> RedisResult<bool> {
+        redis::cmd("SET")
+            .arg(key)
+            .arg(now() + expires)
+            .arg("XX")
+            .arg("EX")
+            .arg(expires as i64)
+            .query_async::<Option<String>>(conn)
+            .await
+            .map(|reply| reply.is_some())
+    }
+
     async fn key_delete_(conn: &mut impl AsyncCommands, key: &[u8]) -> RedisResult<()> {
         conn.del(key).await
     }

crates/store/src/dispatch/lookup.rs

@@ -401,6 +401,57 @@ impl InMemoryStore {
         }
     }
 
+    /// inbuxa: extends a lock this node holds to `duration` seconds from now.
+    /// Returns false when the lock is gone or has expired: it may have been
+    /// taken by someone else since, so it is left alone.
+    pub async fn renew_lock(&self, prefix: u8, key: &[u8], duration: u64) -> trc::Result<bool> {
+        match self {
+            InMemoryStore::Store(store) => {
+                let key = KeyValue::<()>::build_key(prefix, key);
+                let key = ValueClass::InMemory(InMemoryClass::Key(key));
+                let Some(lock_expiry) = store
+                    .get_value::<u64>(ValueKey::from(key.clone()))
+                    .await
+                    .caused_by(trc::location!())?
+                else {
+                    return Ok(false);
+                };
+                let now = now();
+                if lock_expiry <= now {
+                    return Ok(false);
+                }
+
+                let mut batch = BatchBuilder::new();
+                batch.assert_value(key.clone(), AssertValue::U64(lock_expiry));
+                batch.set(key, (now + duration).serialize());
+                match store.write(batch.build_all()).await {
+                    Ok(_) => Ok(true),
+                    Err(err) if err.is_assertion_failure() => Ok(false),
+                    Err(err) => Err(err
+                        .details("Failed to renew lock.")
+                        .caused_by(trc::location!())),
+                }
+            }
+            InMemoryStore::Sharded(store) => {
+                Box::pin(
+                    store
+                        .member(&KeyValue::<()>::build_key(prefix, key))
+                        .renew_lock(prefix, key, duration),
+                )
+                .await
+            }
+            #[cfg(feature = "redis")]
+            InMemoryStore::Redis(store) => {
+                store
+                    .renew_lock(&KeyValue::<()>::build_key(prefix, key), duration)
+                    .await
+            }
+            InMemoryStore::Static(_) | InMemoryStore::Http(_) => {
+                Err(trc::StoreEvent::NotSupported.into_err())
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     pub async fn remove_lock(&self, prefix: u8, key: &[u8]) -> trc::Result<()> {
         self.key_delete(KeyValue::<()>::build_key(prefix, key))
             .await

tests/src/store/mod.rs

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ pub mod blob;
 pub mod import_export;
 pub mod lookup;
 pub mod ops;
+#[cfg(any(feature = "postgres", feature = "mysql"))]
+pub mod pool_timeout; // inbuxa: SQL pools give up instead of hanging
 pub mod query;
 pub mod registry;
 #[cfg(feature = "postgres")]

tests/src/store/pool_timeout.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Coffey Labs
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+//! A database that accepts connections and then says nothing (a hung or
+//! half-dead server, a black-holed failover) gives a worker an error within
+//! the pool's timeouts. Upstream's pools had none, so the worker waited for
+//! good. No database is needed: a local listener that never answers plays
+//! the server.
+
+use registry::schema::structs::DataStore;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use store::{Store, ValueKey, write::ValueClass};
+use tokio::net::TcpListener;
+
+/// Accepts connections on a local port and never sends a byte.
+async fn silent_server() -> u16 {
+    let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await.unwrap();
+    let port = listener.local_addr().unwrap().port();
+    tokio::spawn(async move {
+        let mut held = Vec::new();
+        while let Ok((socket, _)) = listener.accept().await {
+            held.push(socket);
+        }
+    });
+    port
+}
+
+/// Builds the store and reads a key; both must end, with an error for the
+/// read, well within `limit`.
+async fn assert_times_out(data_store: DataStore, limit: Duration) {
+    let started = Instant::now();
+    let result = tokio::time::timeout(limit, async {
+        match Store::build(data_store).await {
+            Ok(store) => store
+                .get_value::<u64>(ValueKey::from(ValueClass::Property(0)))
+                .await
+                .map(|_| ())
+                .map_err(|err| err.to_string()),
+            Err(err) => Err(err.to_string()),
+        }
+    })
+    .await;
+    let elapsed = started.elapsed();
+    match result {
+        Ok(Err(err)) => println!("Got {err} after {elapsed:?}"),
+        Ok(Ok(())) => panic!("a silent server answered?"),
+        Err(_) => panic!("still waiting for a connection after {elapsed:?}"),
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "postgres")]
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+pub async fn postgres_pool_timeout() {
+    use registry::schema::structs::PostgreSqlStore;
+
+    let port = silent_server().await;
+    println!("Running PostgreSQL pool timeout test...");
+    // The store's own timeout bounds opening a connection, handshake
+    // included (tokio-postgres's connect_timeout covers only the TCP connect)
+    assert_times_out(
+        DataStore::PostgreSql(PostgreSqlStore {
+            host: "127.0.0.1".into(),
+            port: port as u64,
+            database: "none".into(),
+            timeout: Some(Duration::from_secs(2).into()),
+            use_tls: false,
+            ..Default::default()
+        }),
+        Duration::from_secs(20),
+    )
+    .await;
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "mysql")]
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+pub async fn mysql_pool_timeout() {
+    use registry::schema::structs::MySqlStore;
+
+    let port = silent_server().await;
+    println!("Running MySQL pool timeout test...");
+    // mysql_async has no pool timeout; the store waits 30 s for a connection
+    assert_times_out(
+        DataStore::MySql(MySqlStore {
+            host: "127.0.0.1".into(),
+            port: port as u64,
+            database: "none".into(),
+            use_tls: false,
+            ..Default::default()
+        }),
+        Duration::from_secs(60),
+    )
+    .await;
+}

tests/src/store/task_locks.rs

@@ -79,7 +79,33 @@ pub async fn task_lock_tests() {
         "ran before the other node's locks expired: {elapsed:?}"
     );
 
-    // 3. A graceful stop releases the locks this node holds: another node
+    // 3. A task that runs longer than a lock lifetime keeps its claim: the
+    // task manager renews the lease while this node holds it, and the claim
+    // ends when the task does. (Before, a lock simply lasted an hour.)
+    let [id] = new_task_ids(1)[..] else {
+        unreachable!()
+    };
+    assert!(server.try_lock_task(id).await, "claim {id}");
+    tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(LOCK_EXPIRY + LOCK_EXPIRY / 2)).await;
+    assert!(
+        !foreign_lock(&server, id, LOCK_EXPIRY).await,
+        "lease lapsed while the task ran"
+    );
+    server.remove_index_lock(id).await;
+    assert!(
+        foreign_lock(&server, id, LOCK_EXPIRY).await,
+        "released when the task ended"
+    );
+    let _ = server
+        .in_memory_store()
+        .remove_lock(KV_LOCK_TASK, &id.to_be_bytes())
+        .await;
+    assert!(
+        common::ipc::TaskLocks::DEFAULT_EXPIRY <= 5 * 60,
+        "a dead node's tasks wait no more than a few minutes"
+    );
+
+    // 4. A graceful stop releases the locks this node holds: another node
     // can claim those tasks at once, and this one claims nothing more
     let ids = new_task_ids(3);
     for id in &ids {