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SET) or use the unpooled connection string. SET search_path over a transaction-mode pool also fails later ('Relation not found').\n\nOption: Move settings off the startup packet [evidence: official_recommended_action]\nApplies when: Pooled connections\nSteps:\n1. Delete options/-c params from the pooled URL\n2. ALTER ROLE <role> SET search_path = ...; or set inside each transaction\n3. Use direct URL for tools needing session params\nExpected: Pooler accepts connection\n\nEvidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.","data":{"problem_id":"45fae754-2d5e-4953-9cf0-c538660c4fb2","proposed_action":"Recommended action: Remove the unsupported parameter (set it per-transaction or via ALTER ROLE/DATABASE ... SET) or use the unpooled connection string. 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