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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Persistent connections
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Persistent connections avoid the overhead of reestablishing a connection to
-the database in each request. They're controlled by the
+the database in each HTTP request. They're controlled by the
:setting:`CONN_MAX_AGE` parameter which defines the maximum lifetime of a
connection. It can be set independently for each database.
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ either restore Django's defaults at the end of each request, force an
appropriate value at the beginning of each request, or disable persistent
connections.
+If a connection is created in a long-running process, outside of Django’s
+request-response cycle, the connection will remain open until explicitly
+closed, or timeout occurs.
+
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