TypeORM broken on aws-lambda runtime

app.ts

import "reflect-metadata";
import { APIGatewayEvent, Context } from "aws-lambda";
import { BaseEntity, Column, Connection, Entity, getConnectionManager, PrimaryColumn } from "typeorm";
import v4 = require("uuid/v4");

@Entity()
export class TData extends BaseEntity {
    @PrimaryColumn()
    public id: string;

    @Column()
    public colA: string;
}

const manager = getConnectionManager();
let conn: Connection;

export async function handle(event: APIGatewayEvent, context: Context) {
    if (manager.has("default")) {
        conn = await manager.get("default");
        console.log("Reusing EXISTING connection from manager.");
    } else {
        console.log("Creating NEW connection to DB.");
        conn = await manager.create({
            name: "default",
            type: "postgres",
            port: process.env.DB_PORT
                ? parseInt(process.env.DB_PORT, 10)
                : 5432,
            synchronize: true,
            logging: "all",
            host: process.env.DB_HOST,
            username: process.env.DB_USERNAME,
            database: process.env.DB_NAME,
            password: process.env.DB_PASSWORD,
            entities: [TData]
        });
    }

    if (! conn.isConnected) {
        console.log("CACHED connection was NOT connected, attempting to reconnect.")
        await conn.connect();
    }

    const data = new TData();
    data.id = v4();
    data.colA = "colA";

    await data.save();

    return data;
}