- Replace connect/disconnect pattern with persistent connection pool
- Add explicit database initialization on server startup
- Remove all dbDisconnect() calls from API endpoints to prevent race conditions
- Fix MongoNotConnectedError when scheduler runs concurrently with API requests
- Add connection pooling with proper MongoDB driver options
- Add safety check for recipes array in favorites utility
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