Find idle connections and idle-in-transaction sessions.
AI agents call PostgreSQL_get_idle_connections to retrieve information from Postgres without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves diagnostic information about idle database connections and sessions. It performs a read-only query of connection metadata with no side effects, no data modifications, and no code execution. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an attacker could only observe connection state, which is generally non-sensitive diagnostic data.
From the tool's definition Tool name contains 'get' and description states 'Find idle connections' — a retrieval operation that queries connection status without modifying or executing anything.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access PostgreSQL_get_idle_connections gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Postgres, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for PostgreSQL_get_idle_connections:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"PostgreSQL_get_idle_connections": {}
}
}PostgreSQL_get_idle_connections is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Find idle connections and idle-in-transaction sessions. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Postgres MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Postgres MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for PostgreSQL_get_idle_connections: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Postgres. Nothing to install.
PostgreSQL_get_idle_connections is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the PostgreSQL_get_idle_connections rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for PostgreSQL_get_idle_connections. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
PostgreSQL_get_idle_connections is provided by the Postgres MCP server (mukul975/postgres-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Postgres, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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