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What are the key HikariCP configuration properties — maximumPoolSize, minimumIdle, connectionTimeout, idleTimeout, maxLifetime — and what happens if each is misconfigured?

Tests whether you actually understand what each pool setting controls, not just that HikariCP exists.

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What are the key HikariCP configuration properties — maximumPoolSize, minimumIdle, connectionTimeout, idleTimeout, maxLifetime — and what happens if each is misconfigured?

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