Force database to reinitilizate with longer query timeout for refresh materialized view jobs (#1791)

Author: epipav

backend/src/bin/jobs/refreshMaterializedViewsForCube.ts

@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ const job: CrowdJob = {
 
     try {
       // initialize database with 15 minutes query timeout
-      const database = await databaseInit(1000 * 60 * 15)
+      const forceNewDbInstance = true
+      const database = await databaseInit(1000 * 60 * 15, forceNewDbInstance)
 
       const materializedViews = [
         'mv_members_cube',

backend/src/database/databaseConnection.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,14 @@ let cached
 /**
  * Initializes the connection to the Database
  */
-export async function databaseInit(queryTimeoutMilliseconds: number = 30000) {
+export async function databaseInit(
+  queryTimeoutMilliseconds: number = 30000,
+  forceNewInstance: boolean = false,
+) {
+  if (forceNewInstance) {
+    return models(queryTimeoutMilliseconds)
+  }
+
   if (!cached) {
     cached = models(queryTimeoutMilliseconds)
   }