diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
index 5270cb7..88b49ba 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ jobs:
             MYSQL_MAX_OPEN_CONNS=24 \
             MYSQL_MAX_IDLE_CONNS=8 \
             MYSQL_REGISTRY_MAX_OPEN_CONNS=4 \
-            MYSQL_REGISTRY_MAX_IDLE_CONNS=2
+            MYSQL_REGISTRY_MAX_IDLE_CONNS=2 \
+            MYSQL_CONN_MAX_LIFETIME_SECONDS=1800
           kubectl patch statefulset/im-server -n im-server-system --type=strategic -p \
             '{"spec":{"template":{"spec":{"containers":[{"name":"im-server","readinessProbe":{"httpGet":{"path":"/healthz","port":6060},"timeoutSeconds":3,"periodSeconds":10,"failureThreshold":3},"livenessProbe":{"httpGet":{"path":"/livez","port":6060},"timeoutSeconds":3,"periodSeconds":20,"failureThreshold":3}}]}}}}'
           if kubectl auth can-i get services -n im-server-system >/dev/null 2>&1 && \
@@ -64,7 +65,25 @@ jobs:
             echo "::warning::ci-deployer cannot manage Ingress/im-server or it does not exist; skipped least_conn update"
           fi
           kubectl rollout restart statefulset/im-server -n im-server-system
-          kubectl rollout status statefulset/im-server -n im-server-system --timeout=300s
+          if ! kubectl rollout status statefulset/im-server -n im-server-system --timeout=300s; then
+            echo "::error::im-server rollout did not become ready within 300 seconds"
+            kubectl get statefulset/im-server -n im-server-system -o wide || true
+            kubectl get pods -n im-server-system -l app=im-server -o wide || true
+            kubectl describe statefulset/im-server -n im-server-system || true
+            for pod in $(kubectl get pods -n im-server-system -l app=im-server -o name 2>/dev/null); do
+              echo "===== ${pod} describe ====="
+              kubectl describe -n im-server-system "${pod}" || true
+              echo "===== ${pod} current log ====="
+              kubectl logs -n im-server-system "${pod}" -c im-server --tail=200 || true
+              echo "===== ${pod} previous log ====="
+              kubectl logs -n im-server-system "${pod}" -c im-server --previous --tail=200 || true
+            done
+            if kubectl auth can-i list events -n im-server-system >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+              echo "===== recent events ====="
+              kubectl get events -n im-server-system --sort-by=.lastTimestamp | tail -100 || true
+            fi
+            exit 1
+          fi
 
           echo "Waiting for ArgoCD reconciliation before validating effective settings"
           sleep 60
@@ -86,12 +105,14 @@ jobs:
             jsonpath='{.spec.template.spec.containers[?(@.name=="im-server")].env[?(@.name=="MYSQL_REGISTRY_MAX_OPEN_CONNS")].value}')"
           mysql_registry_max_idle="$(kubectl get statefulset/im-server -n im-server-system -o \
             jsonpath='{.spec.template.spec.containers[?(@.name=="im-server")].env[?(@.name=="MYSQL_REGISTRY_MAX_IDLE_CONNS")].value}')"
-          echo "effective requests=${request_cpu}/${request_memory} limits=${limit_cpu}/${limit_memory} liveness=${liveness} mysql=${mysql_max_open}/${mysql_max_idle} registry=${mysql_registry_max_open}/${mysql_registry_max_idle}"
+          mysql_conn_max_lifetime="$(kubectl get statefulset/im-server -n im-server-system -o \
+            jsonpath='{.spec.template.spec.containers[?(@.name=="im-server")].env[?(@.name=="MYSQL_CONN_MAX_LIFETIME_SECONDS")].value}')"
+          echo "effective requests=${request_cpu}/${request_memory} limits=${limit_cpu}/${limit_memory} liveness=${liveness} mysql=${mysql_max_open}/${mysql_max_idle} registry=${mysql_registry_max_open}/${mysql_registry_max_idle} lifetime=${mysql_conn_max_lifetime}"
           if [ "${request_cpu}" != "1" ] || [ "${request_memory}" != "512Mi" ] || \
              [ "${limit_cpu}" != "2" ] || [ "${limit_memory}" != "1Gi" ] || \
              [ "${liveness}" != "/livez" ] || [ "${mysql_max_open}" != "24" ] || \
              [ "${mysql_max_idle}" != "8" ] || [ "${mysql_registry_max_open}" != "4" ] || \
-             [ "${mysql_registry_max_idle}" != "2" ]; then
+             [ "${mysql_registry_max_idle}" != "2" ] || [ "${mysql_conn_max_lifetime}" != "1800" ]; then
             echo "::error::ArgoCD reverted StatefulSet resources/probes/MySQL pools. Apply deploy/argocd/im-server-test/statefulset-performance-patch.yaml to the im-server-test source."
             exit 1
           fi