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Error: P1010: User was denied access on the database — Prisma 7 pg adapter now validates SSL certs

prisma@7@prisma/adapter-pg@7pg@8#prisma#prisma-7#ssl#postgres#driver-adapter
Error: P1010: User was denied access on the database <database>
Fix

Preferred — trust the CA:

NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS=/path/to/ca.pem node server.js
# or use the system store
node --use-openssl-ca server.js

Less secure (restores v6 behavior):

import { PrismaPg } from '@prisma/adapter-pg'
const adapter = new PrismaPg({
  connectionString: process.env.DATABASE_URL,
  ssl: { rejectUnauthorized: false },
})
const prisma = new PrismaClient({ adapter })

Symptom

A Postgres connection that worked on Prisma 6 (often a managed DB with a self-signed or private-CA certificate) fails after upgrading to Prisma 7 with:

Error: P1010: User was denied access on the database <database>

The credentials are correct, so this looks like a permissions problem — it is not.

Cause

Prisma ORM 7.0.0 (2025-11-19) connects through node-pg via @prisma/adapter-pg instead of the Rust query engine. The Rust engine ignored invalid certificates; node-pg validates them, so an untrusted cert now fails the connection (tracked in prisma/prisma#28795).

Verify

await prisma.$queryRawSELECT 1`` succeeds with the same credentials.

Sources

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