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feat(cloud): deploy against an existing Postgres, optionally through Hyperdrive - #1
Lets the Cloudflare deployment (apps/hosted/cloud) use a Postgres database you already run instead of creating a PlanetScale database. Hyperdrive is optional.
CLOUD_DATABASE_URL: your database's URL. When set, the deploy creates no PlanetScale resources and needs no PlanetScale credentials (Alchemy resolves those only on first use). It runs migrations as that URL's user, so the user must be able to create schema objects. The URL becomes the DatabaseUrl Worker secret. Migrations and direct connections use the URL as given, so TLS needs sslmode=require or sslmode=verify-full in it.
CLOUD_DATABASE_HYPERDRIVE=true (default false): also creates the DatabaseConnection Hyperdrive config in front of the database, so Worker events and per-caller Durable Objects go through Hyperdrive. CLOUD_DATABASE_CONNECTION_LIMIT caps its origin connections. Hyperdrive needs the URL to name a user, password and database.
Without Hyperdrive, every consumer connects to the URL directly. Neon test stages already use that path (cloudDirectDatabaseConnection). The docs suggest pointing the URL at a transaction-mode pooler such as PgBouncer, since each Worker event opens its own connections. Pools already use prepare: false.
When CLOUD_DATABASE_URL is unset or empty, production provisions PlanetScale behind Hyperdrive exactly as before.
The deployed Worker makes the same choice as the deploy. It reads CLOUD_DATABASE_URL and CLOUD_DATABASE_HYPERDRIVE through Effect Config, and Alchemy binds every setting read during Worker initialization into that Worker's env. TEST_STAGE_DATABASE_PROVIDER already works this way, and the PLANETSCALE_* settings are bound the same way. As a result, CLOUD_DATABASE_URL is a secret on every Worker that uses the database.
Limits:
The database must accept connections from Cloudflare's network. A database reachable only through a Cloudflare Tunnel won't work yet.
With Hyperdrive, TLS is required (sslmode=require) and the server certificate isn't verified.
This PR covers only the database. A deploy on your own stage still needs the stack's other settings (Cloudflare zone, Autumn, Axiom, OAuth and so on; see deployConfiguration in scripts/worker-sizes.ts).
Verification
bun run check passes.
I evaluated the stack offline for a non-production stage, declaring the real Api and McpServer Workers. Resources were declared and nothing was applied.
Hyperdrive off: only Command.Exec Migrations. There is no Hyperdrive resource or binding, and both Workers get DatabaseUrl.
CLOUD_DATABASE_HYPERDRIVE=true: Migrations and Cloudflare.Hyperdrive DatabaseConnection are declared. Both Workers have the Hyperdrive binding, and the setting is bound into their env.
No CLOUD_DATABASE_URL: the same PlanetScale database, roles, Hyperdrive and CA certificate as before.
Validation: without Hyperdrive, postgres://user:pw@host and URLs without a password deploy. With Hyperdrive, a URL with no database stops with a clear message, and so does a mysql:// URL.
I simulated the deployed Worker (__ALCHEMY_RUNTIME__) reading the bound settings. Hyperdrive off connects directly; Hyperdrive on and PlanetScale use Hyperdrive.
An earlier commit offered CLOUD_DATABASE_MIGRATION_URL. Blacksmith showed Alchemy bound it into three Workers' env, giving them schema-owner credentials, so I removed it.
I haven't deployed it to a real Cloudflare account.
Proved by offline stack evaluation, a runtime simulation and bun run check.
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Reviewed with sol-loop: 5 rounds with gpt-6.1-sol on high. Sol verdict: approved
Setting CLOUD_DATABASE_URL replaces the PlanetScale database, roles and
credentials with a database the deployer already runs. The deploy migrates it
(as CLOUD_DATABASE_MIGRATION_URL when set) and fronts it with a Hyperdrive
configuration, so Worker events and per-caller Durable Objects keep their
pooled route. Without the setting, production provisions PlanetScale as before.
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Walkthrough
Production database setup now supports an externally provisioned Postgres database through CLOUD_DATABASE_URL. It validates the URL, runs migrations, and optionally configures Hyperdrive. PlanetScale remains the fallback. Development documentation and a changeset describe the configuration.
Changes: External Postgres deployment
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Summary
Database selection, migrations, and Hyperdrive configuration apps/hosted/cloud/src/infrastructure/database.ts, DEVELOPMENT.md, .changeset/cloud-external-postgres.md
Production setup validates the external Postgres URL and optional connection limit, then runs migrations. When enabled, Hyperdrive uses the external database URL and disables caching. PlanetScale remains the fallback. The documentation and changeset describe the configuration and requirements.
sequenceDiagram
participant productionDatabase
participant productionMigrations
participant ExistingPostgres
participant Hyperdrive
productionDatabase->>productionDatabase: Validate CLOUD_DATABASE_URL
alt External URL is set
productionDatabase->>productionMigrations: Run migrations with supplied URL
productionMigrations->>ExistingPostgres: Execute migration command
productionDatabase->>Hyperdrive: Configure Postgres origin when enabled
else External URL is unset or empty
productionDatabase->>productionDatabase: Configure PlanetScale
end
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Fresh deployments against an existing Postgres work as described. Switching an already-deployed PlanetScale stack to an external database is not covered and could keep a stale certificate pin, so owners should be aware of that before attempting it.
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Review comments at @apps/hosted/cloud/src/infrastructure/database.ts:
- Around line 300-301: Add CLOUD_DATABASE_URL and CLOUD_DATABASE_MIGRATION_URL
to the productionSecrets list so both external database settings are seeded as
production secrets without exposing their values.
- Around line 267-269: Update the DatabaseConnection transition from the
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External Postgres replaces PlanetScale in the stack
Before, the stack stops asking for PlanetScale settings. After, the URL alone gives just the migration job and the DatabaseUrl secret. Turning on Hyperdrive adds the Hyperdrive config with the decoded user and password, the default port and the connection limit.
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Real Cloudflare deploy uses the database · Blocked Migrations run against the external database Empty URL keeps PlanetScale as before Incomplete URL stops the deploy Migration URL no longer reaches Workers URL without sslmode still uses TLS Workers get the route the deploy chose
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Blocked on missing secrets
Real Cloudflare deploy uses the database: Needs a Cloudflare account (CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN, CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID), still not saved, and a Postgres reachable from Cloudflare to deploy and serve requests in both modes.
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Alchemy binds every Config value read during Worker initialization into
that Worker's environment. databaseInfrastructure runs inside the Api,
McpServer and AppDomainController initializations, so the migration user's
URL reached their env. Migrations now run as CLOUD_DATABASE_URL's user.
The Proof finding is right: Alchemy binds every setting read during a Worker's initialization into that Worker's env, so CLOUD_DATABASE_MIGRATION_URL reached Api, McpServer and AppDomainController. I reproduced it by declaring the Workers offline. e4f9442 removes that setting, and migrations now run as CLOUD_DATABASE_URL's user. The same check now shows no migration URL in any Worker's env. CLOUD_DATABASE_URL is still bound into those Workers; it's the same credential they already use through Hyperdrive, and the PR description notes it.
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With CLOUD_DATABASE_URL, the deploy now creates a Hyperdrive configuration
only when CLOUD_DATABASE_HYPERDRIVE=true. Otherwise every consumer connects
to the URL directly, as Neon previews do. Alchemy binds both settings into
the Workers that read them, so the deployed Worker picks the same route.
PlanetScale deployments keep Hyperdrive unconditionally.
Direct connections accept any Postgres URL with a host, such as one that
omits the database or relies on another authentication method.
jahands
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feat(cloud): deploy against an existing Postgres through Hyperdrive
feat(cloud): deploy against an existing Postgres, optionally through Hyperdrive
Nov 11, 2026
AppPages: right, CLOUD_DATABASE_URL is bound into every Worker that reads the database, not only the three I listed. The PR description now says that. It's the same runtime credential those Workers already use, and the PLANETSCALE_* settings are bound the same way.
sslmode: that's standard Postgres URL behavior, and the user picks TLS with sslmode. I'm not forcing it. 3d2ccf9 documents adding sslmode=require or sslmode=verify-full.
Since e4f9442, Hyperdrive is opt-in (CLOUD_DATABASE_HYPERDRIVE=true). Without it, consumers connect directly through DatabaseUrl.
Option.liftThrowable replaces the try/catch around new URL, and the
Hyperdrive origin's percent-decoding now stops the deploy with the
settings message instead of a URIError defect.
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Lets the Cloudflare deployment (
apps/hosted/cloud) use a Postgres database you already run instead of creating a PlanetScale database. Hyperdrive is optional.CLOUD_DATABASE_URL: your database's URL. When set, the deploy creates no PlanetScale resources and needs no PlanetScale credentials (Alchemy resolves those only on first use). It runs migrations as that URL's user, so the user must be able to create schema objects. The URL becomes theDatabaseUrlWorker secret. Migrations and direct connections use the URL as given, so TLS needssslmode=requireorsslmode=verify-fullin it.CLOUD_DATABASE_HYPERDRIVE=true(defaultfalse): also creates theDatabaseConnectionHyperdrive config in front of the database, so Worker events and per-caller Durable Objects go through Hyperdrive.CLOUD_DATABASE_CONNECTION_LIMITcaps its origin connections. Hyperdrive needs the URL to name a user, password and database.cloudDirectDatabaseConnection). The docs suggest pointing the URL at a transaction-mode pooler such as PgBouncer, since each Worker event opens its own connections. Pools already useprepare: false.CLOUD_DATABASE_URLis unset or empty, production provisions PlanetScale behind Hyperdrive exactly as before.The deployed Worker makes the same choice as the deploy. It reads
CLOUD_DATABASE_URLandCLOUD_DATABASE_HYPERDRIVEthrough EffectConfig, and Alchemy binds every setting read during Worker initialization into that Worker's env.TEST_STAGE_DATABASE_PROVIDERalready works this way, and thePLANETSCALE_*settings are bound the same way. As a result,CLOUD_DATABASE_URLis a secret on every Worker that uses the database.Limits:
sslmode=require) and the server certificate isn't verified.deployConfigurationinscripts/worker-sizes.ts).Verification
bun run checkpasses.Command.Exec Migrations. There is no Hyperdrive resource or binding, and both Workers getDatabaseUrl.CLOUD_DATABASE_HYPERDRIVE=true:MigrationsandCloudflare.Hyperdrive DatabaseConnectionare declared. Both Workers have the Hyperdrive binding, and the setting is bound into their env.CLOUD_DATABASE_URL: the same PlanetScale database, roles, Hyperdrive and CA certificate as before.postgres://user:pw@hostand URLs without a password deploy. With Hyperdrive, a URL with no database stops with a clear message, and so does amysql://URL.__ALCHEMY_RUNTIME__) reading the bound settings. Hyperdrive off connects directly; Hyperdrive on and PlanetScale use Hyperdrive.CLOUD_DATABASE_MIGRATION_URL. Blacksmith showed Alchemy bound it into three Workers' env, giving them schema-owner credentials, so I removed it.Proved by offline stack evaluation, a runtime simulation and
bun run check.Reviewed with sol-loop: 5 rounds with gpt-6.1-sol on high. Sol verdict: approved
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