Postgres stuck in “starting up or transitioning” + ECONNRESET from backend
madimaker-afk
FREEOP

3 months ago

My Postgres service is deployed and shows “Deployment Online”, but the database connection fails.

In the Postgres UI I get:

“The database container is starting up or transitioning. Please wait a moment and try again.”

It never finishes starting.

From my backend (Node.js + Sequelize) I’m getting:

SequelizeConnectionError: read ECONNRESET
code: 'ECONNRESET'

The error happens when calling POST /login and trying to connect to the database.

What I’ve tried:

  • Restarted the Postgres service
  • Redeployed the backend
  • Verified DATABASE_URL is correct

The issue persists and the database never becomes fully available.

Solved

1 Replies

Status changed to Awaiting Railway Response Railway 3 months ago


sam-a
EMPLOYEE

3 months ago

Your Postgres service has no active deployment, which is why the database UI shows "starting up or transitioning" and your backend receives ECONNRESET errors. You'll need to redeploy the service - open the command palette (Cmd/Ctrl + K) and select "Deploy latest commit", or trigger a redeploy from the service's settings.


Status changed to Awaiting User Response Railway 3 months ago


Railway
BOT

2 months ago

This thread has been marked as solved automatically due to a lack of recent activity. Please re-open this thread or create a new one if you require further assistance. Thank you!

Status changed to Solved Railway 2 months ago


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