RESOLVED: Error Establishing DB Connection on WordPress Sites

Incident Discovery Time: 01:00am on 02/27/2025 Time of Resolution: 03:05pm on 02/27/2025 Services Impacted: Websites

Description of Impact

We encountered the following error on our WordPress sites: Error Message:
  • – Error establishing a database connection
  • – 502 Bad Gateway.
  • Impact: This affected multiple BU sites.

    Incident Description and Resolution

    IS&T teams have successfully resolved the incident. All impacted BU-affected sites/services are now fully restored.

    Previous Update

    Incident Discovery Time: 12:01pm on 02/27/2025 Services Impacted: Websites

    Description of Impact

    We’re encountering the following error on our WordPress site: Error Message: – Error establishing a database connection – 502 Bad Gateway Impact: This appears to be affecting multiple BU sites.

    Current Status

    IS&T teams have not yet identified the cause of the incident and are still investigating. Next Update: 02:00pm