diff --git a/app/store.ts b/app/store.ts
index c8592b8..efa8261 100644
--- a/app/store.ts
+++ b/app/store.ts
@@ -138,6 +138,15 @@ async function withAppLock<T>(
 	work: (client: pg.PoolClient) => Promise<T>,
 ): Promise<T> {
 	const client = await db().connect();
+	// The pool listens for "error" only on an idle client. If Postgres closes
+	// the connection during the transaction, for example in a restart or a
+	// failover, the client emits "error". If no listener gets the event, Node
+	// stops the process. The query fails too, and its error goes to the
+	// caller, so this listener only logs the error.
+	const logError = (error: Error) => {
+		console.error("Lost a Postgres connection in a transaction:", error);
+	};
+	client.on("error", logError);
 	try {
 		await client.query("begin");
 		// The lock must come before the reads: a statement sees only the rows
@@ -153,6 +162,9 @@ async function withAppLock<T>(
 		await client.query("rollback").catch(() => {});
 		throw error;
 	} finally {
+		// release() attaches the listener of the pool again. If this listener
+		// remains, each transaction on the client adds one more.
+		client.off("error", logError);
 		client.release();
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/store.test.ts b/tests/store.test.ts
index abf5ed7..2b3684c 100644
--- a/tests/store.test.ts
+++ b/tests/store.test.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 /**
- * Postgres can close an idle connection of the pool, for example in a
- * restart. The pool then emits "error", and an "error" event with no listener
- * stops the gateway and the workflows host. No test connects to Postgres: the
- * pool opens a connection only for a query.
+ * Postgres can close a connection of the pool, for example in a restart. For
+ * an idle connection, the pool emits "error". For a connection that a
+ * transaction holds, the client emits "error". An "error" event with no
+ * listener stops the gateway and the workflows host. No test connects to
+ * Postgres: the pool opens a connection only for a query, and the transaction
+ * gets a fake client.
  */
+import { EventEmitter } from "node:events";
+import type { PoolClient } from "pg";
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
-import { db } from "../app/store.js";
+import { claimDelete, db } from "../app/store.js";
 
 describe("db", () => {
 	afterEach(() => {
@@ -27,3 +31,53 @@ describe("db", () => {
 		);
 	});
 });
+
+describe("the transaction of an app lock", () => {
+	afterEach(() => {
+		vi.restoreAllMocks();
+		vi.unstubAllEnvs();
+	});
+
+	it("logs the error of a closed connection and gives the caller the error of the query", async () => {
+		vi.stubEnv("DATABASE_URL", "postgres://factory@127.0.0.1:5432/factory");
+		const logged = vi.spyOn(console, "error").mockImplementation(() => {});
+		const terminated = new Error(
+			"terminating connection due to administrator command",
+		);
+		const closed = new Error("Connection terminated unexpectedly");
+		// As in pg after pg_terminate_backend(): the lock query fails, and the
+		// rollback waits. Then the socket closes, and the client emits "error".
+		let failRollback: (error: Error) => void = () => {};
+		const rollback = new Promise((_, reject) => {
+			failRollback = reject;
+		});
+		const client = Object.assign(new EventEmitter(), {
+			release: vi.fn(),
+			query: vi.fn(async (text: string) => {
+				if (text === "begin") return { rows: [] };
+				if (text === "rollback") return rollback;
+				throw terminated;
+			}),
+		});
+		vi.spyOn(db(), "connect").mockImplementation(
+			async () => client as unknown as PoolClient,
+		);
+
+		const claim = claimDelete("demo", "furniture-catalog");
+		await vi.waitFor(() =>
+			expect(client.query).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith("rollback"),
+		);
+		expect(() => client.emit("error", closed)).not.toThrow();
+		failRollback(closed);
+
+		await expect(claim).rejects.toBe(terminated);
+		expect(logged).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+			"Lost a Postgres connection in a transaction:",
+			closed,
+		);
+		// The pool gives this client to the next transaction, so no listener
+		// can remain.
+		expect(client.listenerCount("error")).toBe(0);
+		expect(client.release).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+	});
+});