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title: "Database Connection Troubleshooting - Air Market"
description: "Something cannot connect to the database, and the error message is not telling you much. This is a troubleshooting guide for database connection problems. Reach for it when a connection is refused, d…"
canonical: "https://airmarket.ai/app/database-troubleshooting"
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[Air Market](/) / [IT & Ops](/category/ops) / Database Connection Troubleshooting

Skill by [HolmesGPT](/@holmesgpt)

# Database Connection Troubleshooting

When your app cannot reach its database, start here

## What this does

Something cannot connect to the database, and the error message is not telling you much. This is a troubleshooting guide for database connection problems. Reach for it when a connection is refused, dropped, or hanging and you need somewhere to start looking.

### Top 3 things it does for you

- Work out why a database connection is failing
- Follow a path instead of guessing at the cause

## Information

**Database Connection Troubleshooting at a glance**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Kind | Skill |
| Publisher | [HolmesGPT](/@holmesgpt) |
| Category | [IT & Ops](/category/ops) |
| Works with | Agent Skills - an open standard supported by 40+ agents |
| Size | 2 KB |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository | [HolmesGPT/holmesgpt](https://github.com/HolmesGPT/holmesgpt/tree/dba45e588be04bd769836ac061a12af4e9d2e7df/tests/llm/fixtures/test_ask_holmes/94_skill_transparency/database-troubleshooting) |
| GitHub stars | 3,131 (as of Nov 2026) |

## Security report

**Verified.** AIR scanned this exact version of Database Connection Troubleshooting and flagged nothing. AIR's verdict: **safe**.

**What Database Connection Troubleshooting's check was run against**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Commit | dba45e588be04bd769836ac061a12af4e9d2e7df |
| Content hash | 5edcfb0d9c4a68e61956446d58346604d1fd9a38c896d82040e6d47d0899d74c |
| Files read | [Browse the files at this exact commit](https://github.com/HolmesGPT/holmesgpt/blob/dba45e588be04bd769836ac061a12af4e9d2e7df/tests/llm/fixtures/test_ask_holmes/94_skill_transparency/database-troubleshooting/SKILL.md) |

A scan is named by the exact content it read, not by a version number. A different version is a different artifact, and nothing here applies to a version AIR has not scanned.

[Read the full security report for Database Connection Troubleshooting](/security/database-troubleshooting)

## About Database Connection Troubleshooting

A troubleshooting guide for database connection problems. It is for the moment when something that should be reaching the database is not.

## What's inside

- SKILL.md - instructions

## Questions

### Is Database Connection Troubleshooting safe to install?

AIR scanned this exact version of Database Connection Troubleshooting and flagged nothing. AIR's verdict: safe. The verdict is named by the content that was read, at commit dba45e588be0, so it cannot drift onto a version nobody scanned. The full report is at https://airmarket.ai/security/database-troubleshooting.

### How do I install Database Connection Troubleshooting?

Open https://airmarket.ai/app/database-troubleshooting on Air Market and use the install action: Air Market hands Claude a prompt naming this exact skill, and Claude sets it up. Source, pinned to the exact commit this listing describes: https://github.com/HolmesGPT/holmesgpt/tree/dba45e588be04bd769836ac061a12af4e9d2e7df/tests/llm/fixtures/test_ask_holmes/94_skill_transparency/database-troubleshooting. Install from that link, not the branch.

## Related on Air Market

- [More IT & Ops listings](/category/ops)
- [Everything by HolmesGPT](/@holmesgpt)

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Canonical URL: <https://airmarket.ai/app/database-troubleshooting>