diff --git a/skyvern/config.py b/skyvern/config.py
index 93f3506ea..1825e580f 100644
--- a/skyvern/config.py
+++ b/skyvern/config.py
@@ -155,6 +155,11 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     DISABLE_CONNECTION_POOL: bool = False
     DATABASE_POOL_SIZE: int = 5
     DATABASE_POOL_MAX_OVERFLOW: int = 10
+    # Timeout/recycle defaults mirror SQLAlchemy's QueuePool. Size pools per service
+    # via env vars: raising defaults here multiplies across every engine and replica
+    # and can exhaust pgbouncer client connections.
+    DATABASE_POOL_TIMEOUT: int = 30
+    DATABASE_POOL_RECYCLE: int = -1
     PROMPT_ACTION_HISTORY_WINDOW: int = 1
     TASK_RESPONSE_ACTION_SCREENSHOT_COUNT: int = 3
 
diff --git a/skyvern/forge/sdk/db/agent_db.py b/skyvern/forge/sdk/db/agent_db.py
index a382049e7..d5d1dde3a 100644
--- a/skyvern/forge/sdk/db/agent_db.py
+++ b/skyvern/forge/sdk/db/agent_db.py
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@ def _build_engine(database_string: str) -> AsyncEngine:
         pool_pre_ping=True,
         pool_size=settings.DATABASE_POOL_SIZE,
         max_overflow=settings.DATABASE_POOL_MAX_OVERFLOW,
+        pool_timeout=settings.DATABASE_POOL_TIMEOUT,
+        pool_recycle=settings.DATABASE_POOL_RECYCLE,
     )
 
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_db_engine_connect_args.py b/tests/unit/test_db_engine_connect_args.py
index 02f2af3ae..3cb466352 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_db_engine_connect_args.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_db_engine_connect_args.py
@@ -197,6 +197,47 @@ def test_build_engine_keeps_pool_class_selection_independent_of_connect_args(mon
     assert disabled_kwargs["connect_args"]["prepared_statement_name_func"] is agent_db._asyncpg_prepared_statement_name
 
 
+def test_build_engine_forwards_pool_sizing_settings(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    calls: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+
+    def fake_create_async_engine(database_string: str, **kwargs: Any) -> object:
+        calls.append({"database_string": database_string, "kwargs": kwargs})
+        return object()
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(agent_db, "create_async_engine", fake_create_async_engine)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(settings, "DISABLE_CONNECTION_POOL", False)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(settings, "DATABASE_POOL_SIZE", 20)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(settings, "DATABASE_POOL_MAX_OVERFLOW", 20)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(settings, "DATABASE_POOL_TIMEOUT", 10)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(settings, "DATABASE_POOL_RECYCLE", 1800)
+
+    agent_db._build_engine(DIRECT_ASYNCPG)
+
+    kwargs = calls[-1]["kwargs"]
+    assert kwargs["pool_size"] == 20
+    assert kwargs["max_overflow"] == 20
+    assert kwargs["pool_timeout"] == 10
+    assert kwargs["pool_recycle"] == 1800
+
+
+def test_build_engine_null_pool_does_not_forward_queue_pool_params(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    calls: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+
+    def fake_create_async_engine(database_string: str, **kwargs: Any) -> object:
+        calls.append({"database_string": database_string, "kwargs": kwargs})
+        return object()
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(agent_db, "create_async_engine", fake_create_async_engine)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(settings, "DISABLE_CONNECTION_POOL", True)
+
+    agent_db._build_engine(DIRECT_ASYNCPG)
+
+    kwargs = calls[-1]["kwargs"]
+    assert kwargs["poolclass"] is pool.NullPool
+    for queue_pool_param in ("pool_size", "max_overflow", "pool_timeout", "pool_recycle"):
+        assert queue_pool_param not in kwargs
+
+
 def test_build_engine_strips_asyncpg_weak_sslmode_when_requiring_pooler_ssl(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
     calls: list[dict[str, Any]] = []