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Database Connection Refused

Symptom​

Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:5432

Solutions​

1. Docker not running​

docker ps | grep statux-postgres
# If not running:
cd statux-api && docker-compose up -d

2. Port conflict​

lsof -i :5432
kill -9 <PID>

3. SSH tunnel not open (production RDS)​

# In separate terminal
./scripts/tunnel.sh