diff --git a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
--- a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
+++ b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
@@ -3548,6 +3548,7 @@
     'PhabricatorGitGraphStream' => 'applications/repository/daemon/PhabricatorGitGraphStream.php',
     'PhabricatorGitHubAuthProvider' => 'applications/auth/provider/PhabricatorGitHubAuthProvider.php',
     'PhabricatorGlobalLock' => 'infrastructure/util/PhabricatorGlobalLock.php',
+    'PhabricatorGlobalLockTestCase' => 'infrastructure/util/__tests__/PhabricatorGlobalLockTestCase.php',
     'PhabricatorGlobalUploadTargetView' => 'applications/files/view/PhabricatorGlobalUploadTargetView.php',
     'PhabricatorGoogleAuthProvider' => 'applications/auth/provider/PhabricatorGoogleAuthProvider.php',
     'PhabricatorGuidanceContext' => 'applications/guides/guidance/PhabricatorGuidanceContext.php',
@@ -10093,6 +10094,7 @@
     'PhabricatorGitGraphStream' => 'PhabricatorRepositoryGraphStream',
     'PhabricatorGitHubAuthProvider' => 'PhabricatorOAuth2AuthProvider',
     'PhabricatorGlobalLock' => 'PhutilLock',
+    'PhabricatorGlobalLockTestCase' => 'PhabricatorTestCase',
     'PhabricatorGlobalUploadTargetView' => 'AphrontView',
     'PhabricatorGoogleAuthProvider' => 'PhabricatorOAuth2AuthProvider',
     'PhabricatorGuidanceContext' => 'Phobject',
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/util/PhabricatorGlobalLock.php b/src/infrastructure/util/PhabricatorGlobalLock.php
--- a/src/infrastructure/util/PhabricatorGlobalLock.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/util/PhabricatorGlobalLock.php
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
   private $parameters;
   private $conn;
-  private $isExternalConnection = false;
+  private $externalConnection;
   private $log;
   private $disableLogging;
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
    */
   public function useSpecificConnection(AphrontDatabaseConnection $conn) {
     $this->conn = $conn;
-    $this->isExternalConnection = true;
+    $this->externalConnection = $conn;
     return $this;
   }
 
@@ -103,6 +103,16 @@
   }
 
 
+/* -(  Connection Pool  )---------------------------------------------------- */
+
+  public static function getConnectionPoolSize() {
+    return count(self::$pool);
+  }
+
+  public static function clearConnectionPool() {
+    self::$pool = array();
+  }
+
 /* -(  Implementation  )----------------------------------------------------- */
 
   protected function doLock($wait) {
@@ -201,9 +211,8 @@
     }
 
     $this->conn = null;
-    $this->isExternalConnection = false;
 
-    if (!$this->isExternalConnection) {
+    if (!$this->externalConnection) {
       $conn->close();
       self::$pool[] = $conn;
     }
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/util/__tests__/PhabricatorGlobalLockTestCase.php b/src/infrastructure/util/__tests__/PhabricatorGlobalLockTestCase.php
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/infrastructure/util/__tests__/PhabricatorGlobalLockTestCase.php
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+<?php
+
+final class PhabricatorGlobalLockTestCase
+  extends PhabricatorTestCase {
+
+  protected function getPhabricatorTestCaseConfiguration() {
+    return array(
+      self::PHABRICATOR_TESTCONFIG_BUILD_STORAGE_FIXTURES => true,
+    );
+  }
+
+  public function testConnectionPoolWithDefaultConnection() {
+    PhabricatorGlobalLock::clearConnectionPool();
+
+    $this->assertEqual(
+      0,
+      PhabricatorGlobalLock::getConnectionPoolSize(),
+      pht('Clear Connection Pool'));
+
+    $lock_name = $this->newLockName();
+    $lock = PhabricatorGlobalLock::newLock($lock_name);
+    $lock->lock();
+
+    $this->assertEqual(
+      0,
+      PhabricatorGlobalLock::getConnectionPoolSize(),
+      pht('Connection Pool With Lock'));
+
+    $lock->unlock();
+
+    $this->assertEqual(
+      1,
+      PhabricatorGlobalLock::getConnectionPoolSize(),
+      pht('Connection Pool With Lock Released'));
+
+    PhabricatorGlobalLock::clearConnectionPool();
+  }
+
+  public function testConnectionPoolWithSpecificConnection() {
+    $conn = id(new HarbormasterScratchTable())
+      ->establishConnection('w');
+
+    PhabricatorGlobalLock::clearConnectionPool();
+
+    $this->assertEqual(
+      0,
+      PhabricatorGlobalLock::getConnectionPoolSize(),
+      pht('Clear Connection Pool'));
+
+    $this->assertEqual(
+      false,
+      $conn->isHoldingAnyLock(),
+      pht('Specific Connection, No Lock'));
+
+    $lock_name = $this->newLockName();
+    $lock = PhabricatorGlobalLock::newLock($lock_name);
+    $lock->useSpecificConnection($conn);
+    $lock->lock();
+
+    $this->assertEqual(
+      0,
+      PhabricatorGlobalLock::getConnectionPoolSize(),
+      pht('Connection Pool + Specific, With Lock'));
+
+    $this->assertEqual(
+      true,
+      $conn->isHoldingAnyLock(),
+      pht('Specific Connection, Holding Lock'));
+
+    $lock->unlock();
+
+    // The specific connection provided should NOT be returned to the
+    // connection pool.
+
+    $this->assertEqual(
+      0,
+      PhabricatorGlobalLock::getConnectionPoolSize(),
+      pht('Connection Pool + Specific, With Lock Released'));
+
+    $this->assertEqual(
+      false,
+      $conn->isHoldingAnyLock(),
+      pht('Specific Connection, No Lock'));
+
+    PhabricatorGlobalLock::clearConnectionPool();
+  }
+
+  private function newLockName() {
+    return 'testlock-'.Filesystem::readRandomCharacters(16);
+  }
+
+}