From 637d4cf7ef792622830d49446283d3c578c4f09c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oli Juhl <59018053+olivermrbl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2025 15:04:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Missing DB traces in instrumentation (#13429)

* chore: Fix issue with missing DB traces

* Fix missing DB traces in Medusa package

Fixes an issue related to missing database traces in the Medusa package.
---
 .changeset/olive-news-fix.md          | 5 +++++
 packages/medusa/src/commands/start.ts | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/olive-news-fix.md

diff --git a/.changeset/olive-news-fix.md b/.changeset/olive-news-fix.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72ef952891
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/olive-news-fix.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@medusajs/medusa": patch
+---
+
+chore: Fix issue with missing DB traces
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/commands/start.ts b/packages/medusa/src/commands/start.ts
index dc844c7cfe..6a13cfeca6 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/commands/start.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/commands/start.ts
@@ -146,7 +146,9 @@ async function start(args: {
 }) {
   const { port = 9000, host, directory, types } = args
 
-  const container = await initializeContainer(directory)
+  const container = await initializeContainer(directory, {
+    skipDbConnection: true,
+  })
   const logger = container.resolve(ContainerRegistrationKeys.LOGGER)
 
   async function internalStart(generateTypes: boolean) {