Minimal Sveltekit + pg integration fails with "status" error - postgresql

Question

I'm trying to get Postgres working with sveltekit and a very minimal example is giving me issues. This is probably a configuration thing but the error I'm getting back from sveltekit makes no sense to me.
I start by installing a new project:
npm create svelte#latest my-testapp
Then I install "pg" to get Postgres pooling:
npm i pg
Then I add a page under src/lib/db.js:
import { Client, Pool } from 'pg';
const pool = new Pool({
user: 'xxx',
host: 'xxx',
database: 'xxx',
password: 'xxx',
port: 5432,
})
export const connectToDB = async () => await pool.connect();
Finally I add src/hooks.server.js to give me access to the pool within routes:
import { connectToDB } from '$lib/db';
export const handle = async ({event, resolve}) => {
const dbconn = await connectToDB();
event.locals = { dbconn };
const response = await resolve(event);
dbconn.release();
}
The server fails to compile with a couple of these errors:
Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'status')
TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'status')
at respond (file:///C:/Users/user/code/svelte/my-testapp/node_modules/#sveltejs/kit/src/runtime/server/index.js:314:16)
at async file:///C:/Users/user/code/svelte/my-testapp/node_modules/#sveltejs/kit/src/exports/vite/dev/index.js:406:22
Not sure where "status" is coming from, seems to be part of the initial scaffolding. Any help appreciated.
Also - if there is a more straightforward way to integrate pg with sveltekit then I'm happy to hear about it. Thanks

Answer 1

My bad - the hooks function wasn't returning the response.
Hooks.server.js should read:
import { connectToDB } from '$lib/db';
export const handle = async ({event, resolve}) => {
const dbconn = await connectToDB();
event.locals = { dbconn };
const response = await resolve(event);
dbconn.release();
return response
}