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Do Applications Need to Support Reconnecting to an RDS DB Instance Automatically?

It is recommended that your applications support automatic reconnection to the database. When the database restarts, the application automatically recovers without manual intervention, providing higher availability.

It is also recommended that your applications use persistent connections to connect to the database to reduce resource consumption and improve performance.