diff --git a/apps/private-location/Dockerfile b/apps/private-location/Dockerfile
index 381c08195..6ab021a35 100644
--- a/apps/private-location/Dockerfile
+++ b/apps/private-location/Dockerfile
@@ -3,33 +3,30 @@
 # See https://github.com/lenra-io/dofigen
 
 # builder
-FROM golang@sha256:51a7c389a5ddaf82f527191a1e9bff9928655130a44e4975dd1d7e0acf59f1ae AS builder
-ARG TARGETARCH
-ARG TARGETOS
+FROM golang@sha256:dc9ad6c05acc7a88e5b71bde60a5fe3bd4b9f0db209011711b464107438a8107 AS builder
 LABEL \
-    org.opencontainers.image.base.digest="sha256:51a7c389a5ddaf82f527191a1e9bff9928655130a44e4975dd1d7e0acf59f1ae" \
-    org.opencontainers.image.base.name="docker.io/golang:1.26-alpine" \
+    org.opencontainers.image.base.digest="sha256:dc9ad6c05acc7a88e5b71bde60a5fe3bd4b9f0db209011711b464107438a8107" \
+    org.opencontainers.image.base.name="docker.io/golang:1.26-bookworm" \
     org.opencontainers.image.stage="builder"
 ENV \
-    CGO_ENABLED="0" \
-    TZ="UTC"
+    TZ="UTC" \
+    CGO_ENABLED="1"
 WORKDIR /go/src/app
 COPY \
     --link \
     "." "."
 RUN <<EOF
-apk add --no-cache tzdata
 go mod download
-GOOS=${TARGETOS} GOARCH=${TARGETARCH} go build -trimpath -ldflags "-s -w" -o private-location ./cmd/server
+go build -trimpath -ldflags "-s -w" -o private-location ./cmd/server
 EOF
 
 # runtime
-FROM alpine@sha256:ce64758a109eb420d874a118f87920e625e12d3634e03b4a5573fd9f6e5d3507 AS runtime
+FROM debian@sha256:7c7b2c966bc9ee8cedfeef67e0e279108992c77681fa595db4a9d65c06ccc587 AS runtime
 LABEL \
     io.dofigen.version="2.8.0" \
     org.opencontainers.image.authors="OpenStatus Team" \
-    org.opencontainers.image.base.digest="sha256:ce64758a109eb420d874a118f87920e625e12d3634e03b4a5573fd9f6e5d3507" \
-    org.opencontainers.image.base.name="docker.io/alpine:3.21" \
+    org.opencontainers.image.base.digest="sha256:7c7b2c966bc9ee8cedfeef67e0e279108992c77681fa595db4a9d65c06ccc587" \
+    org.opencontainers.image.base.name="docker.io/debian:bookworm-slim" \
     org.opencontainers.image.description="Private location orchestrator for OpenStatus" \
     org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/openstatusHQ/openstatus" \
     org.opencontainers.image.title="OpenStatus Private Location" \
@@ -54,6 +51,12 @@ COPY \
     --chown=1000:1000 \
     --link \
     "/go/src/app/private-location" "/opt/bin/private-location"
+USER 0:0
+RUN <<EOF
+apt-get update
+apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends wget
+rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+EOF
 USER 1000:1000
 EXPOSE 8080
 HEALTHCHECK \
@@ -61,5 +64,5 @@ HEALTHCHECK \
     --timeout=10s \
     --start-period=30s \
     --retries=3 \
-    CMD wget --spider -q http://localhost:8080/health || exit 1
+    CMD wget -q -O /dev/null http://localhost:8080/health || exit 1
 CMD ["/opt/bin/private-location"]
diff --git a/apps/private-location/dofigen.lock b/apps/private-location/dofigen.lock
index 675f34a5b..b2e73a455 100644
--- a/apps/private-location/dofigen.lock
+++ b/apps/private-location/dofigen.lock
@@ -3,38 +3,34 @@ effective: |
     builder:
       fromImage:
         path: golang
-        digest: sha256:51a7c389a5ddaf82f527191a1e9bff9928655130a44e4975dd1d7e0acf59f1ae
+        digest: sha256:dc9ad6c05acc7a88e5b71bde60a5fe3bd4b9f0db209011711b464107438a8107
       label:
-        org.opencontainers.image.base.name: docker.io/golang:1.26-alpine
+        org.opencontainers.image.base.name: docker.io/golang:1.26-bookworm
         org.opencontainers.image.stage: builder
-        org.opencontainers.image.base.digest: sha256:51a7c389a5ddaf82f527191a1e9bff9928655130a44e4975dd1d7e0acf59f1ae
+        org.opencontainers.image.base.digest: sha256:dc9ad6c05acc7a88e5b71bde60a5fe3bd4b9f0db209011711b464107438a8107
       workdir: /go/src/app
-      arg:
-        TARGETOS: ''
-        TARGETARCH: ''
       env:
-        CGO_ENABLED: '0'
         TZ: UTC
+        CGO_ENABLED: '1'
       copy:
       - paths:
         - .
         target: .
       run:
-      - apk add --no-cache tzdata
       - go mod download
-      - GOOS=${TARGETOS} GOARCH=${TARGETARCH} go build -trimpath -ldflags "-s -w" -o private-location ./cmd/server
+      - go build -trimpath -ldflags "-s -w" -o private-location ./cmd/server
   fromImage:
-    path: alpine
-    digest: sha256:ce64758a109eb420d874a118f87920e625e12d3634e03b4a5573fd9f6e5d3507
+    path: debian
+    digest: sha256:7c7b2c966bc9ee8cedfeef67e0e279108992c77681fa595db4a9d65c06ccc587
   label:
+    org.opencontainers.image.description: Private location orchestrator for OpenStatus
+    org.opencontainers.image.authors: OpenStatus Team
     io.dofigen.version: 2.8.0
-    org.opencontainers.image.source: https://github.com/openstatusHQ/openstatus
+    org.opencontainers.image.base.name: docker.io/debian:bookworm-slim
     org.opencontainers.image.vendor: OpenStatus
-    org.opencontainers.image.base.name: docker.io/alpine:3.21
-    org.opencontainers.image.base.digest: sha256:ce64758a109eb420d874a118f87920e625e12d3634e03b4a5573fd9f6e5d3507
-    org.opencontainers.image.description: Private location orchestrator for OpenStatus
     org.opencontainers.image.title: OpenStatus Private Location
-    org.opencontainers.image.authors: OpenStatus Team
+    org.opencontainers.image.source: https://github.com/openstatusHQ/openstatus
+    org.opencontainers.image.base.digest: sha256:7c7b2c966bc9ee8cedfeef67e0e279108992c77681fa595db4a9d65c06ccc587
   user:
     user: '1000'
     group: '1000'
@@ -56,12 +52,17 @@ effective: |
     paths:
     - /go/src/app/private-location
     target: /opt/bin/private-location
+  root:
+    run:
+    - apt-get update
+    - apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends wget
+    - rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
   cmd:
   - /opt/bin/private-location
   expose:
   - port: 8080
   healthcheck:
-    cmd: wget --spider -q http://localhost:8080/health || exit 1
+    cmd: wget -q -O /dev/null http://localhost:8080/health || exit 1
     interval: 15s
     timeout: 10s
     start: 30s
@@ -69,44 +70,40 @@ effective: |
 images:
   docker.io:
     library:
-      alpine:
-        '3.21':
-          digest: sha256:ce64758a109eb420d874a118f87920e625e12d3634e03b4a5573fd9f6e5d3507
       golang:
-        1.26-alpine:
-          digest: sha256:51a7c389a5ddaf82f527191a1e9bff9928655130a44e4975dd1d7e0acf59f1ae
+        1.26-bookworm:
+          digest: sha256:dc9ad6c05acc7a88e5b71bde60a5fe3bd4b9f0db209011711b464107438a8107
+      debian:
+        bookworm-slim:
+          digest: sha256:7c7b2c966bc9ee8cedfeef67e0e279108992c77681fa595db4a9d65c06ccc587
 resources:
   dofigen.yml:
-    hash: acc14b01834402aab4f21cd4a168169eb464731acaa35ab27f1eaa2fd2cbdd28
+    hash: d04fca5247e646329f8612305da818b8d5ae47f9bae8c811690e0a61dd819b5d
     content: |
       builders:
         # Stage 1: Build Go binary
         builder:
-          fromImage: golang:1.26-alpine
-          platform: $BUILDPLATFORM
+          # go-libsql links a prebuilt glibc static library through cgo, so build
+          # natively on Debian for each target platform (no cross-compilation).
+          fromImage: golang:1.26-bookworm
           label:
             org.opencontainers.image.stage: builder
           workdir: /go/src/app
-          # Build-time arguments (overwritten by .env.docker at runtime)
-          args:
-            TARGETOS: ""
-            TARGETARCH: ""
           env:
             TZ: UTC
-            CGO_ENABLED: "0"
+            CGO_ENABLED: "1"
           copy:
             # Copy source code
             - . .
           run:
-            - apk add --no-cache tzdata
             - go mod download
             # Build optimized binary
             # -trimpath: Remove file system paths from binary
             # -ldflags "-s -w": Strip debug info and symbol table
-            - GOOS=${TARGETOS} GOARCH=${TARGETARCH} go build -trimpath -ldflags "-s -w" -o private-location ./cmd/server
+            - go build -trimpath -ldflags "-s -w" -o private-location ./cmd/server
 
-      # Runtime stage
-      fromImage: alpine:3.21
+      # Runtime stage (glibc, required by go-libsql)
+      fromImage: debian:bookworm-slim
 
       # Metadata labels
       label:
@@ -129,6 +126,13 @@ resources:
           source: /go/src/app/private-location
           target: /opt/bin/private-location
 
+      # wget is used by the healthcheck
+      root:
+        run:
+          - apt-get update
+          - apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends wget
+          - rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
       env:
         TZ: UTC
         USER: "1000"
@@ -146,7 +150,7 @@ resources:
         timeout: 10s
         start: 30s
         retries: 3
-        cmd: wget --spider -q http://localhost:8080/health || exit 1
+        cmd: wget -q -O /dev/null http://localhost:8080/health || exit 1
 
       # Start application
       cmd:
diff --git a/apps/private-location/dofigen.yml b/apps/private-location/dofigen.yml
index 7a6fa8463..e50821de7 100644
--- a/apps/private-location/dofigen.yml
+++ b/apps/private-location/dofigen.yml
@@ -1,31 +1,27 @@
 builders:
   # Stage 1: Build Go binary
   builder:
-    fromImage: golang:1.26-alpine
-    platform: $BUILDPLATFORM
+    # go-libsql links a prebuilt glibc static library through cgo, so build
+    # natively on Debian for each target platform (no cross-compilation).
+    fromImage: golang:1.26-bookworm
     label:
       org.opencontainers.image.stage: builder
     workdir: /go/src/app
-    # Build-time arguments (overwritten by .env.docker at runtime)
-    args:
-      TARGETOS: ""
-      TARGETARCH: ""
     env:
       TZ: UTC
-      CGO_ENABLED: "0"
+      CGO_ENABLED: "1"
     copy:
       # Copy source code
       - . .
     run:
-      - apk add --no-cache tzdata
       - go mod download
       # Build optimized binary
       # -trimpath: Remove file system paths from binary
       # -ldflags "-s -w": Strip debug info and symbol table
-      - GOOS=${TARGETOS} GOARCH=${TARGETARCH} go build -trimpath -ldflags "-s -w" -o private-location ./cmd/server
+      - go build -trimpath -ldflags "-s -w" -o private-location ./cmd/server
 
-# Runtime stage
-fromImage: alpine:3.21
+# Runtime stage (glibc, required by go-libsql)
+fromImage: debian:bookworm-slim
 
 # Metadata labels
 label:
@@ -48,6 +44,13 @@ copy:
     source: /go/src/app/private-location
     target: /opt/bin/private-location
 
+# wget is used by the healthcheck
+root:
+  run:
+    - apt-get update
+    - apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends wget
+    - rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
 env:
   TZ: UTC
   USER: "1000"
@@ -65,7 +68,7 @@ healthcheck:
   timeout: 10s
   start: 30s
   retries: 3
-  cmd: wget --spider -q http://localhost:8080/health || exit 1
+  cmd: wget -q -O /dev/null http://localhost:8080/health || exit 1
 
 # Start application
 cmd:
diff --git a/apps/private-location/go.mod b/apps/private-location/go.mod
index ad5d31c68..b64d727d0 100644
--- a/apps/private-location/go.mod
+++ b/apps/private-location/go.mod
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/jmoiron/sqlx v1.4.0
 	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1
-	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.22
+	github.com/libsql/sqlite-antlr4-parser v0.0.0-20240327125255-dbf53b6cbf06
 	github.com/openstatushq/openstatus/apps/checker v0.0.0-20251012205355-e366f661c23e
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
-	github.com/tursodatabase/libsql-client-go v0.0.0-20240902231107-85af5b9d094d
+	github.com/tursodatabase/go-libsql v0.0.0-20260424063416-3051e37e6e04
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/bridges/otelslog v0.14.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.39.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp v0.15.0
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/antlr4-go/antlr/v4 v4.13.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v5 v5.0.3 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
-	github.com/coder/websocket v1.8.12 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
diff --git a/apps/private-location/go.sum b/apps/private-location/go.sum
index fbb747a8e..4f5d71fb2 100644
--- a/apps/private-location/go.sum
+++ b/apps/private-location/go.sum
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v5 v5.0.3 h1:ZN+IMa753KfX5hd8vVaMixjnqRZ3y8CuJKRKj1x
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v5 v5.0.3/go.mod h1:rkhZdG3JZukswDf7f0cwqPNk4K0sa+F97BxZthm/crw=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 h1:UL815xU9SqsFlibzuggzjXhog7bL6oX9BbNZnL2UFvs=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
-github.com/coder/websocket v1.8.12 h1:5bUXkEPPIbewrnkU8LTCLVaxi4N4J8ahufH2vlo4NAo=
-github.com/coder/websocket v1.8.12/go.mod h1:LNVeNrXQZfe5qhS9ALED3uA+l5pPqvwXg3CKoDBB2gs=
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0/go.mod h1:Y58oyj3AT4RCenI/lSvhwexgC+NSVTIJ3seZv2GcEnc=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
@@ -45,6 +43,8 @@ github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9 h1:YXG7RB+JIjhP29X+OtkiDnYaXQwpS4JEWq7dtCCRUEw=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9/go.mod h1:AlVN5x4E4T544tWzH6hKfbfQvm3HdbOxrmggDNAPY9o=
+github.com/libsql/sqlite-antlr4-parser v0.0.0-20240327125255-dbf53b6cbf06 h1:JLvn7D+wXjH9g4Jsjo+VqmzTUpl/LX7vfr6VOfSWTdM=
+github.com/libsql/sqlite-antlr4-parser v0.0.0-20240327125255-dbf53b6cbf06/go.mod h1:FUkZ5OHjlGPjnM2UyGJz9TypXQFgYqw6AFNO1UiROTM=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 h1:fFA4WZxdEF4tXPZVKMLwD8oUnCTTo08duU7wxecdEvA=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13/go.mod h1:7S9/ev0klgBDR4GtXTXX8a3vIGJpMovkB8vQcUbaXHg=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.16/go.mod h1:kYGgaQfpe5nmfYZH+SKPsOc2e4SrIfOl2e/yFXSvRLM=
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.22 h1:2gZY6PC6kBnID23Tichd1K+Z0oS6nE/XwU+Vz/5o
 github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.22/go.mod h1:Uh1q+B4BYcTPb+yiD3kU8Ct7aC0hY9fxUwlHK0RXw+Y=
 github.com/openstatushq/openstatus/apps/checker v0.0.0-20251012205355-e366f661c23e h1:54C0zQNHzGszQseO2QcNzM8fL7vyAYk03pRtrJIyoV0=
 github.com/openstatushq/openstatus/apps/checker v0.0.0-20251012205355-e366f661c23e/go.mod h1:R84xAJYFys7XOZTDk/AyjJi4Ga9ovtLhJsfTLgTsYKg=
+github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
@@ -65,8 +66,8 @@ github.com/rs/zerolog v1.34.0 h1:k43nTLIwcTVQAncfCw4KZ2VY6ukYoZaBPNOE8txlOeY=
 github.com/rs/zerolog v1.34.0/go.mod h1:bJsvje4Z08ROH4Nhs5iH600c3IkWhwp44iRc54W6wYQ=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1 h1:7s2iGBzp5EwR7/aIZr8ao5+dra3wiQyKjjFuvgVKu7U=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1/go.mod h1:wZwfW3scLgRK+23gO65QZefKpKQRnfz6sD981Nm4B6U=
-github.com/tursodatabase/libsql-client-go v0.0.0-20240902231107-85af5b9d094d h1:dOMI4+zEbDI37KGb0TI44GUAwxHF9cMsIoDTJ7UmgfU=
-github.com/tursodatabase/libsql-client-go v0.0.0-20240902231107-85af5b9d094d/go.mod h1:l8xTsYB90uaVdMHXMCxKKLSgw5wLYBwBKKefNIUnm9s=
+github.com/tursodatabase/go-libsql v0.0.0-20260424063416-3051e37e6e04 h1:9nlqEMruvXDPynGbZ0RE67kKnkkg3NdnjGccvRABefc=
+github.com/tursodatabase/go-libsql v0.0.0-20260424063416-3051e37e6e04/go.mod h1:TjsB2miB8RW2Sse8sdxzVTdeGlx74GloD5zJYUC38d8=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1 h1:jXsnJ4Lmnqd11kwkBV2LgLoFMZKizbCi5fNZ/ipaZ64=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1/go.mod h1:KRTj+aOaElaLi+wW1kO/DZRXwkF4C5xPbEe3ZiIhN7Y=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/bridges/otelslog v0.14.0 h1:eypSOd+0txRKCXPNyqLPsbSfA0jULgJcGmSAdFAnrCM=
@@ -95,6 +96,8 @@ golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20250620022241-b7579e27df2b h1:M2rDM6z3Fhozi9O7NWsxAkg/y
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20250620022241-b7579e27df2b/go.mod h1:3//PLf8L/X+8b4vuAfHzxeRUl04Adcb341+IGKfnqS8=
 golang.org/x/net v0.47.0 h1:Mx+4dIFzqraBXUugkia1OOvlD6LemFo1ALMHjrXDOhY=
 golang.org/x/net v0.47.0/go.mod h1:/jNxtkgq5yWUGYkaZGqo27cfGZ1c5Nen03aYrrKpVRU=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.18.0 h1:kr88TuHDroi+UVf+0hZnirlk8o8T+4MrK6mr60WkH/I=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.18.0/go.mod h1:9KTHXmSnoGruLpwFjVSX0lNNA75CykiMECbovNTZqGI=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
@@ -117,3 +120,5 @@ gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntN
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EVd6muEfDQjcINNoR0C8j2r3qZ4Q=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
+gotest.tools v2.2.0+incompatible h1:VsBPFP1AI068pPrMxtb/S8Zkgf9xEmTLJjfM+P5UIEo=
+gotest.tools v2.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:DsYFclhRJ6vuDpmuTbkuFWG+y2sxOXAzmJt81HFBacw=
diff --git a/apps/private-location/internal/database/database.go b/apps/private-location/internal/database/database.go
index bb0cecd07..eed40a42b 100644
--- a/apps/private-location/internal/database/database.go
+++ b/apps/private-location/internal/database/database.go
@@ -3,11 +3,21 @@ package database
 import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
+	"net/url"
 	"os"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
 	_ "github.com/joho/godotenv/autoload"
-	_ "github.com/tursodatabase/libsql-client-go/libsql"
+	_ "github.com/tursodatabase/go-libsql"
+)
+
+const (
+	// Bound the pool so bursts of concurrent ingests can't open an unbounded
+	// number of remote libSQL connections (see #2861).
+	maxOpenConns    = 16
+	maxIdleConns    = 16
+	connMaxIdleTime = time.Minute
 )
 
 var (
@@ -23,19 +33,41 @@ func New() *sqlx.DB {
 		return dbInstance
 	}
 
-	url := fmt.Sprintf("%s?auth_token=%s", dbUrl, authToken)
-	c, err := sql.Open("libsql", url)
+	db, err := Open(dbUrl, authToken)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "failed to open db %s: %s", url, err)
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "failed to open db %s: %s", dbUrl, err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
-
-	db := sqlx.NewDb(c, "sqlite3")
 	dbInstance = db
 
 	return db
 }
 
+// Open opens a libSQL database with a bounded connection pool.
+// dsn can be a remote URL (libsql://, http://, https://) or a local file: URL.
+func Open(dsn string, token string) (*sqlx.DB, error) {
+	if token != "" {
+		u, err := url.Parse(dsn)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		q := u.Query()
+		q.Set("authToken", token)
+		u.RawQuery = q.Encode()
+		dsn = u.String()
+	}
+
+	c, err := sql.Open("libsql", dsn)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	c.SetMaxOpenConns(maxOpenConns)
+	c.SetMaxIdleConns(maxIdleConns)
+	c.SetConnMaxIdleTime(connMaxIdleTime)
+
+	return sqlx.NewDb(c, "sqlite3"), nil
+}
+
 // Close closes the database connection.
 func Close() error {
 	if dbInstance != nil {
diff --git a/apps/private-location/internal/server/ingest_common.go b/apps/private-location/internal/server/ingest_common.go
index 8b4e3c5f8..26cb011de 100644
--- a/apps/private-location/internal/server/ingest_common.go
+++ b/apps/private-location/internal/server/ingest_common.go
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/openstatushq/openstatus/apps/private-location/internal/database"
 )
 
+// dbTimeout bounds how long a single query waits for a pooled connection and runs.
+const dbTimeout = 5 * time.Second
+
 // ingestContext holds common data needed for ingestion
 type ingestContext struct {
 	Monitor  database.Monitor
@@ -15,8 +18,11 @@ type ingestContext struct {
 
 // getIngestContext retrieves monitor and private location data for ingestion
 func (h *privateLocationHandler) getIngestContext(ctx context.Context, token string, monitorID string) (*ingestContext, error) {
+	monitorCtx, cancelMonitor := context.WithTimeout(ctx, dbTimeout)
+	defer cancelMonitor()
+
 	var monitor database.Monitor
-	err := h.db.Get(&monitor, "SELECT monitor.id, monitor.workspace_id, monitor.url, monitor.method, monitor.assertions FROM monitor JOIN private_location_to_monitor a ON monitor.id = a.monitor_id JOIN private_location b ON a.private_location_id = b.id WHERE b.token = ? AND monitor.deleted_at IS NULL and monitor.id = ?", token, monitorID)
+	err := h.db.GetContext(monitorCtx, &monitor, "SELECT monitor.id, monitor.workspace_id, monitor.url, monitor.method, monitor.assertions FROM monitor JOIN private_location_to_monitor a ON monitor.id = a.monitor_id JOIN private_location b ON a.private_location_id = b.id WHERE b.token = ? AND monitor.deleted_at IS NULL and monitor.id = ?", token, monitorID)
 	if err != nil {
 		if holder := GetEvent(ctx); holder != nil {
 			holder.Event["error"] = map[string]any{
@@ -29,7 +35,9 @@ func (h *privateLocationHandler) getIngestContext(ctx context.Context, token str
 	}
 
 	var region database.PrivateLocation
-	err = h.db.Get(&region, "SELECT private_location.id FROM private_location join private_location_to_monitor a ON private_location.id = a.private_location_id WHERE a.monitor_id = ? AND private_location.token = ?", monitor.ID, token)
+	regionCtx, cancelRegion := context.WithTimeout(ctx, dbTimeout)
+	defer cancelRegion()
+	err = h.db.GetContext(regionCtx, &region, "SELECT private_location.id FROM private_location join private_location_to_monitor a ON private_location.id = a.private_location_id WHERE a.monitor_id = ? AND private_location.token = ?", monitor.ID, token)
 	if err != nil {
 		if holder := GetEvent(ctx); holder != nil {
 			holder.Event["error"] = map[string]any{
@@ -68,7 +76,10 @@ func (h *privateLocationHandler) sendEventAndUpdateLastSeen(ctx context.Context,
 		}
 	}
 
-	_, dbErr := h.db.NamedExec("UPDATE private_location SET last_seen_at = :last_seen_at WHERE id = :id", map[string]any{
+	// Detached from the request so a cancelled probe still records last_seen_at.
+	dbCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.WithoutCancel(ctx), dbTimeout)
+	defer cancel()
+	_, dbErr := h.db.NamedExecContext(dbCtx, "UPDATE private_location SET last_seen_at = :last_seen_at WHERE id = :id", map[string]any{
 		"last_seen_at": time.Now().Unix(),
 		"id":           regionID,
 	})
diff --git a/apps/private-location/internal/server/ingest_http_test.go b/apps/private-location/internal/server/ingest_http_test.go
index 00b07fd4e..589699c4b 100644
--- a/apps/private-location/internal/server/ingest_http_test.go
+++ b/apps/private-location/internal/server/ingest_http_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ import (
 
 	"connectrpc.com/connect"
 	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
-	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
+	"github.com/libsql/sqlite-antlr4-parser/sqliteparserutils"
+	"github.com/openstatushq/openstatus/apps/private-location/internal/database"
 	"github.com/openstatushq/openstatus/apps/private-location/internal/server"
 	"github.com/openstatushq/openstatus/apps/private-location/internal/tinybird"
 	"github.com/openstatushq/openstatus/apps/private-location/internal/workflows"
@@ -26,12 +27,27 @@ func testDB() *sqlx.DB {
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalln(err)
 	}
-	db, err := sqlx.Connect("sqlite3", f.Name())
+	db, err := database.Open("file:"+f.Name(), "")
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalln(err)
 	}
+	// libSQL enforces foreign keys by default and the fixture isn't insert-ordered.
+	// The pragma is per-connection, so pin the pool to a single connection.
+	db.SetMaxOpenConns(1)
+	db.MustExec("PRAGMA foreign_keys = OFF")
+
 	dat, err := os.ReadFile("./db_testdata")
-	db.MustExec(string(dat))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalln(err)
+	}
+	// libSQL executes a single statement per call, so run the fixture one statement at a time.
+	stmts, info := sqliteparserutils.SplitStatement(string(dat))
+	if info.IncompleteCreateTriggerStatement || info.IncompleteMultilineComment {
+		log.Fatalln("db_testdata ends with an incomplete statement")
+	}
+	for _, stmt := range stmts {
+		db.MustExec(stmt)
+	}
 
 	return db
 }
diff --git a/apps/private-location/internal/server/monitors.go b/apps/private-location/internal/server/monitors.go
index 29d4f47d2..d09ab7530 100644
--- a/apps/private-location/internal/server/monitors.go
+++ b/apps/private-location/internal/server/monitors.go
@@ -181,8 +181,11 @@ func (h *privateLocationHandler) Monitors(ctx context.Context, req *connect.Requ
 		return nil, connect.NewError(connect.CodeUnauthenticated, ErrMissingToken)
 	}
 
+	locationCtx, cancelLocation := context.WithTimeout(ctx, dbTimeout)
+	defer cancelLocation()
+
 	var location database.PrivateLocation
-	if err := h.db.Get(&location, "SELECT id, name FROM private_location WHERE token = ?", token); err != nil {
+	if err := h.db.GetContext(locationCtx, &location, "SELECT id, name FROM private_location WHERE token = ?", token); err != nil {
 		// An unknown token used to fall through to an empty monitor list, so a
 		// probe configured with a typo looked healthy while checking nothing.
 		if errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows) {
@@ -191,8 +194,11 @@ func (h *privateLocationHandler) Monitors(ctx context.Context, req *connect.Requ
 		return nil, connect.NewError(connect.CodeInternal, err)
 	}
 
+	monitorsCtx, cancelMonitors := context.WithTimeout(ctx, dbTimeout)
+	defer cancelMonitors()
+
 	var monitors []database.Monitor
-	err := h.db.Select(&monitors, "SELECT monitor.id, monitor.job_type, monitor.url, monitor.periodicity, monitor.method, monitor.body, monitor.timeout, monitor.degraded_after, monitor.follow_redirects, monitor.headers, monitor.assertions, monitor.workspace_id, monitor.retry, monitor.otel_endpoint, monitor.otel_headers, monitor.grpc_service, monitor.grpc_tls FROM monitor JOIN private_location_to_monitor a ON monitor.id = a.monitor_id JOIN private_location b ON a.private_location_id = b.id WHERE b.token = ? AND monitor.deleted_at IS NULL and monitor.active = 1", token)
+	err := h.db.SelectContext(monitorsCtx, &monitors, "SELECT monitor.id, monitor.job_type, monitor.url, monitor.periodicity, monitor.method, monitor.body, monitor.timeout, monitor.degraded_after, monitor.follow_redirects, monitor.headers, monitor.assertions, monitor.workspace_id, monitor.retry, monitor.otel_endpoint, monitor.otel_headers, monitor.grpc_service, monitor.grpc_tls FROM monitor JOIN private_location_to_monitor a ON monitor.id = a.monitor_id JOIN private_location b ON a.private_location_id = b.id WHERE b.token = ? AND monitor.deleted_at IS NULL and monitor.active = 1", token)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, connect.NewError(connect.CodeInternal, err)
 	}