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+title: "Database API Release — 2026.4.1"
+description: "Query limit caps to prevent worker timeouts, plus hotfix to exempt /players endpoint."
+type: reference
+domain: major-domo
+tags: [release-notes, deployment, database, hotfix]
+---
+
+# Database API Release — 2026.4.1
+
+**Date:** 2026-04-01
+**Tag:** `2026.3.7` + 3 post-tag commits (CI auto-generates CalVer on merge)
+**Image:** `manticorum67/major-domo-database`
+**Server:** akamai (`~/container-data/sba-database`)
+**Deploy method:** `docker compose pull && docker compose down && docker compose up -d`
+
+## Release Summary
+
+Added bounded pagination (`MAX_LIMIT=500`, `DEFAULT_LIMIT=200`) to all list endpoints to prevent Gunicorn worker timeouts caused by unbounded queries. Two follow-up fixes corrected response `count` fields in fieldingstats that were computed after the limit was applied. A hotfix (PR #103) then removed the caps from the `/players` endpoint specifically, since the bot and website depend on fetching full player lists.
+
+## Changes
+
+### Bug Fixes
+- **PR #99** — Fix unbounded API queries causing Gunicorn worker timeouts. Added `MAX_LIMIT=500` and `DEFAULT_LIMIT=200` constants in `dependencies.py`, enforced `le=MAX_LIMIT` on all list endpoints. Added middleware to strip empty query params preventing validation bypass.
+- **PR #100** — Fix fieldingstats `get_fieldingstats` count: captured `total_count` before `.limit()` so the response reflects total rows, not page size.
+- **PR #101** — Fix fieldingstats `get_totalstats`: removed line that overwrote `count` with `len(page)` after it was correctly set from `total_count`.
+
+### Hotfix
+- **PR #103** — Remove output caps from `GET /api/v3/players`. Reverted `limit` param to `Optional[int] = Query(default=None, ge=1)` (no ceiling). The `/players` table is a bounded dataset (~1500 rows/season) and consumers depend on uncapped results. All other endpoints retain their caps.
+
+## Deployment Notes
+- No migrations required
+- No config changes
+- Rollback: `docker compose pull manticorum67/major-domo-database:<previous-tag> && docker compose down && docker compose up -d`