diff --git a/app/logical/post_keeper_manager.rb b/app/logical/post_keeper_manager.rb
index 0fbdcf8f8..8539e32c5 100644
--- a/app/logical/post_keeper_manager.rb
+++ b/app/logical/post_keeper_manager.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ class PostKeeperManager
   def self.check_and_update(post, updater_id = nil, increment_tags = nil)
     check_and_assign(post, updater_id, increment_tags)
     post.update_column(:keeper_data, post.keeper_data)
+  rescue ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid => e
+    PostArchive.check_for_retry(e.message)
+    raise
   end
 
   def self.check_and_assign(post, updater_id = nil, increment_tags = nil)
diff --git a/app/models/post_archive.rb b/app/models/post_archive.rb
index 88dd7f9bd..e31737fd2 100644
--- a/app/models/post_archive.rb
+++ b/app/models/post_archive.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ class PostArchive < ApplicationRecord
   establish_connection (ENV["ARCHIVE_DATABASE_URL"] || "archive_#{Rails.env}".to_sym) if enabled?
   self.table_name = "post_versions"
 
+  def self.check_for_retry(msg)
+    if msg =~ /can't get socket descriptor/ && msg =~ /post_versions/
+      connection.reconnect!
+    end
+  end
+
   module SearchMethods
     def for_user(user_id)
       if user_id