{"id":2926,"date":"2025-09-24T09:46:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T09:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learning.workfall.com\/learning\/blog\/helpie_faq\/q-what-errors-might-occur-during-connection-and-how-to-debug-them\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T09:48:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T09:48:58","slug":"q-what-errors-might-occur-during-connection-and-how-to-debug-them","status":"publish","type":"helpie_faq","link":"https:\/\/learning.workfall.com\/learning\/blog\/helpie_faq\/q-what-errors-might-occur-during-connection-and-how-to-debug-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Q. What errors might occur during connection, and how to debug them?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>A:<\/strong> Common errors include authentication failures (wrong username\/password), \u201cNetworkTimeout\u201d if Atlas is unreachable, \u201cServer selection timeout\u201d if the cluster can\u2019t be selected, or DNS\/hostname resolution errors. To debug, ensure your connection string is correct, credentials are valid, IP whitelist is configured in Atlas, and network connectivity (firewalls) is open. Logging the error object (e.g. in the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">catch<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) often gives a helpful message. Also, listening to connection events (error, disconnected, reconnected) on <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">mongoose.connection<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> helps track status.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A: Common errors include authentication failures (wrong username\/password), \u201cNetworkTimeout\u201d if Atlas is unreachable, \u201cServer selection timeout\u201d if the cluster can\u2019t be selected, or DNS\/hostname resolution errors. To debug, ensure your connection string is correct, credentials are valid, IP whitelist is configured in Atlas, and network connectivity (firewalls) is open. 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