Hi all While using mySQL V 5.0.33 and MySQL-python-1.2.2 with twisted/adbapi with the following connection params DB_DRIVER = "MySQLdb" DB_ARGS = { 'host': 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx', 'db': 'db', 'user': 'dbuser', 'passwd': 'dbpasswd' } I noticed (2006, 'MySQL server has gone away') errors, which seem to be not recoverable from an adbapi standpoint. Further analysis and reading the mySQL manual showed, that the mySQL server in versions > 5 seems to close open connections after (default) 8 hours. The reconnect feature of the db is disabled by default and there is no parameter to preset it via MySQL-python. Further digging brought up this link http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1483074&group_id=22307&atid=374934 which patches the (also 1.2.2) version such, that a reconnect keyword is introduced in the DB_ARGS. Questions: - are there any adverse effects in applying this patch and setting reconnect: 1 in DB_ARGS? - is there a better, safer way to avoid this nasty error? Thxs, Werner