Hey,

I have MariaDB 10.5.10 and Dovecot 2.3.14.1 right now but it's broken since a few months already. I don't remember when it started and what versions I had running of both. As stated in the subject, the Dovecot auth-worker looses connection during a MySQL/MariaDB restart, which is ok so far, but it doesn't reconnect for some reason and instead all further actions fail because of it, like doveadm or IMAP login / commands etc. Aug 15 13:21:28 thor dovecot[20862]: auth-worker(24450): Warning: sqlpool(mysql): Query failed, retrying: Connection was killed Aug 15 13:21:28 thor dovecot[20862]: auth-worker(24450): Error: conn unix:auth-worker (pid=24449,uid=97): auth-worker<376>: sql(user@example.com,::1,<somesession>): Password query failed: Connection was killed Aug 15 13:21:30 thor dovecot[20862]: imap-login: Disconnected (auth service reported temporary failure): user=user@example.com, method=PLAIN, rip=::1, lip=::1, secured, session=<somesession>

This repeats basically for every command / action I do until I restart dovecot or kill the auth-worker process. Both works.

dovecot-sql.conf.ext: driver = mysql connect = host=/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock dbname=mail user=dovecot password=SOMEPW

Steps to reproduce: Use MySQL in Dovecot Restart MySQL while Dovecot is running Do either some doveadm commands or try to login e.g. using IMAP or just try to navigate through your mailbox See errors / logs

pkill -f 'dovecot/auth worker' Try doveadm etc. again Works

-- Regards, Christian Ruppert