Database Connection Error After Restoring A Backup... Are My Posts GONE? (pls help)

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  1. My site on a managed WordPress plan keeps randomly falling over with this:

    There has been a critical error on this website.

    There has been a critical error on this website.
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    A restart of the server or waiting a while fixes it, then it comes back a few days later. It got noticeably worse after restoring a backup. I'd like to understand whether the database server is dying or WordPress can't reach it for some other reason. I'd love to understand the cause instead of just rebooting forever.

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  2. hmmm is the dtaabase service actually running when teh error appears?

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  3. yeah so phpMyAdmin shows all my tables and posts. so the data is there, phew... wordPress just can't connect. sorry for the wall of text lol

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