diff --git a/deploy/pkg/k8s/postgres.go b/deploy/pkg/k8s/postgres.go
index 7a119fd..0b5e407 100644
--- a/deploy/pkg/k8s/postgres.go
+++ b/deploy/pkg/k8s/postgres.go
@@ -59,6 +59,21 @@ func DeployPostgresDatabases(ctx *pulumi.Context, cluster *providers.ProviderInf
 				"storage": map[string]any{
 					"size": "50Gi",
 				},
+				// Explicit resource budget. PG was previously unlimited which made
+				// node-level OOM behaviour unpredictable. With max_connections=200
+				// the worst-case per-connection memory (~10–15MB each) plus
+				// shared_buffers and overhead lands around 3–4GiB; 4Gi limit gives
+				// headroom for query workspaces (work_mem) and OS-level effects.
+				"resources": map[string]any{
+					"requests": map[string]any{
+						"memory": "512Mi",
+						"cpu":    "200m",
+					},
+					"limits": map[string]any{
+						"memory": "4Gi",
+						"cpu":    "1500m",
+					},
+				},
 				// Enable pg_stat_statements so we can attribute slow time to specific
 				// queries (the 2026-04-27 incident took an EXPLAIN-the-one-query-I-saw
 				// approach because we had no aggregate visibility). CNPG triggers a PG
@@ -66,10 +81,16 @@ func DeployPostgresDatabases(ctx *pulumi.Context, cluster *providers.ProviderInf
 				// is brief downtime. CREATE EXTENSION still needs to run once as a
 				// superuser on existing clusters; new clusters get it via the
 				// postInitApplicationSQL hook below.
+				//
+				// max_connections raised from default 100 to 200 because the registry
+				// pgxpool was bumped from 30 to 60 per pod (120 total across 2 pods)
+				// + ~10 reserved for PG internals and ad-hoc admin = 130, with 70
+				// headroom for future scale or burst.
 				"postgresql": map[string]any{
 					"shared_preload_libraries": []any{"pg_stat_statements"},
 					"parameters": map[string]any{
 						"pg_stat_statements.track": "all",
+						"max_connections":          "200",
 					},
 				},
 				"bootstrap": map[string]any{
diff --git a/internal/database/postgres.go b/internal/database/postgres.go
index 105c570..1b0abdb 100644
--- a/internal/database/postgres.go
+++ b/internal/database/postgres.go
@@ -45,9 +45,13 @@ func NewPostgreSQL(ctx context.Context, connectionURI string) (*PostgreSQL, erro
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse PostgreSQL config: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	// Configure pool for stability-focused defaults
-	config.MaxConns = 30                      // Handle good concurrent load
-	config.MinConns = 5                       // Keep connections warm for fast response
+	// Configure pool for stability-focused defaults.
+	// MaxConns was 30 per pod (60 total across 2 replicas) which saturated under
+	// the 2026-04-28 scraper bursts (15 req/s on /v0/servers caused queue blowup
+	// even though individual queries were fast). 60 per pod gives 120 total,
+	// leaving 80 of PG max_connections=200 for autovacuum/admin/headroom.
+	config.MaxConns = 60                      // Handle scraper-burst concurrent load
+	config.MinConns = 10                      // Keep connections warm for fast response
 	config.MaxConnIdleTime = 30 * time.Minute // Keep connections available for bursts
 	config.MaxConnLifetime = 2 * time.Hour    // Refresh connections regularly for stability