Project: endearing-comfort

Environment: production

Service: Postgres-ZEHo

Database URL: nozomi.proxy.rlwy.net:29779

Problem Description

The Railway dashboard shows "Database Connection: Attempting to connect to the database..." in an infinite loop. The database is unreachable from both:

1. Railway UI (shown in screenshot)
2. Local development environment via Prisma Client

When it started: ~17 minutes ago (based on last successful deployment)

Tests Performed

Working:

• Direct psql connection: WORKS
• TCP connection via netcat: Port 29779 is OPEN
• DNS resolution: Resolves to 66.33.22.249
• Ping: Server responds (130-173ms latency)
• Query execution via psql: SELECT NOW() returns successfully

Failing:

• Prisma Client connection: Timeout after 8 seconds
• Railway Dashboard connection: Infinite loop
• SSL connection attempts: SSL SYSCALL error: EOF detected

Technical Details

PostgreSQL Version: 16.x (attempting to upgrade to 16.10)

Connection String: postgresql://postgres:***@nozomi.proxy.rlwy.net:29779/railway

Current Connections: 14 active (checked via psql: 13 idle + 1 active)

Max Connections: 100

Error Messages:

# Prisma Client Error:
Can't reach database server at `nozomi.proxy.rlwy.net:29779`
Please make sure your database server is running

# psql Error (intermittent):
SSL SYSCALL error: EOF detected