From 9738d9f363fd3d8ef749a331c65fb8d7d4645bd3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hayden <64056131+hay-kot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 09:54:38 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix: dispose AlchemyExporter engine after restore completes
 (#6942)

---
 mealie/services/backups_v2/alchemy_exporter.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mealie/services/backups_v2/alchemy_exporter.py b/mealie/services/backups_v2/alchemy_exporter.py
index 24fd37544..54b5a5802 100644
--- a/mealie/services/backups_v2/alchemy_exporter.py
+++ b/mealie/services/backups_v2/alchemy_exporter.py
@@ -239,6 +239,10 @@ class AlchemyExporter(BaseService):
                     )
                     connection.execute(text(dedent(sql)))
 
+        # Dispose this exporter's engine to release connections back to the database.
+        # This prevents connection pool exhaustion when init_db.main() needs connections.
+        self.engine.dispose()
+
         # Re-init database to finish migrations
         init_db.main()