# Using Neon's Scale to Zero with Long-Running Applications

DevFeed: [Using Neon's Scale to Zero with Long-Running Applications](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/using-neon-s-scale-to-zero-with-long-running-applications-5840.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://neon.com/blog/using-neons-auto-suspend-with-long-running-applications>)

Author: Evan Shortiss

Published: 2024-01-24T23:27:01Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Blog -- Neon Docs](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-neon-docs.md>)

Topics: [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [Node.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/node-js.md>), [Drizzle](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/drizzle.md>)

Tags: [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [databases](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/databases.md>), [drivers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/drivers.md>), [drizzle](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/drizzle.md>), [errors](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/errors.md>), [node-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node-js.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [postgres](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgres.md>), [scale](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scale.md>), [serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial on configuring long-running applications to use Neon Postgres scale-to-zero, including reconnection handling and client-side pooling.

## Source excerpt

We're Neon, a cloud-native serverless Postgres solution. With Neon, your Postgres databases and environments are just one click away. You can still benefit from serverless Postgres if your application isn't serverless. Try using Neon's serverless Postgres with your long-running a...