it WORKS

crates/backend/tests/common/test_helpers.rs

@@ -9,26 +9,32 @@ use super::setup;
 struct TestState {
     _postgres: ContainerAsync<Postgres>,
     _redis: ContainerAsync<Redis>,
-    database: Database,
 }
 
 lazy_static! {
     static ref TEST_STATE: tokio::sync::OnceCell<TestState> = tokio::sync::OnceCell::new();
 }
 
-pub async fn get_database() -> &'static Database {
+pub async fn get_database() -> Database {
-    let state = TEST_STATE
+    let _state = TEST_STATE
         .get_or_init(|| async {
-            let (postgres, redis, database) = setup().await;
+            let (postgres, redis, _database) = setup().await;
             TestState {
                 _postgres: postgres,
                 _redis: redis,
-                database,
             }
         })
         .await;
 
-    &state.database
+    // Create a new database connection for each test
+    let database_url = backend::build_database_url();
+    let mut opts = sea_orm::ConnectOptions::new(database_url);
+    opts.max_connections(5)
+        .min_connections(1)
+        .connect_timeout(std::time::Duration::from_secs(10))
+        .acquire_timeout(std::time::Duration::from_secs(10));
+    
+    Database::new(opts).await.unwrap()
 }
 
 static TEST_COUNTER: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(1);
@@ -71,7 +77,7 @@ macro_rules! create_test_app {
 
         actix_web::test::init_service(
             actix_web::App::new()
-                .app_data(actix_web::web::Data::new(db.clone()))
+                .app_data(actix_web::web::Data::new(db))
                 .service(
                     actix_web::web::scope("/api/v1")
                         .configure(backend::controller::register_controllers),

crates/backend/tests/endpoints/user.rs

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[actix_web::test]
     async fn test_create_user() {
         let ctx: TestContext = TestContext::new();
-        let db = crate::common::test_helpers::get_database().await;
+        let db = &crate::common::test_helpers::get_database().await;
 
         let app = create_test_app!();
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[actix_web::test]
     async fn test_delete_user() {
         let ctx = TestContext::new();
-        let db = crate::common::test_helpers::get_database().await;
+        let db = &crate::common::test_helpers::get_database().await;
 
         let app = create_test_app!();
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[actix_web::test]
     async fn test_get_users() {
         let ctx = TestContext::new();
-        let db = crate::common::test_helpers::get_database().await;
+        let db = &crate::common::test_helpers::get_database().await;
 
         let app = create_test_app!();
 
@@ -127,8 +127,10 @@ mod tests {
             assert!(found, "User {} not found in API response", user.username);
         }
 
-        // Verify database consistency
+        // Verify our created users exist in database
-        assert!(ctx.assert_user_count(db, 3).await);
+        for user in &users {
+            assert!(ctx.assert_user_exists(db, user.id).await);
+        }
 
         // Cleanup
         ctx.cleanup_all(db).await;
@@ -137,7 +139,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[actix_web::test]
     async fn test_delete_nonexistent_user() {
         let ctx = TestContext::new();
-        let db = crate::common::test_helpers::get_database().await;
+        let db = &crate::common::test_helpers::get_database().await;
 
         let app = create_test_app!();
         let fake_id = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000";