diff --git a/client/containers/DashboardSettings/CommunitySettings/CommunityAdminSettings.tsx b/client/containers/DashboardSettings/CommunitySettings/CommunityAdminSettings.tsx
index 47cb7f8f2..bbc91a40c 100644
--- a/client/containers/DashboardSettings/CommunitySettings/CommunityAdminSettings.tsx
+++ b/client/containers/DashboardSettings/CommunitySettings/CommunityAdminSettings.tsx
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ const ExportDataSection = (props: Props) => {
 			<ExportCommunityDataButton
 				disabled={remainingExports === 0}
 				pastExports={props.settingsData.archives}
+				isSuperAdmin={isSuperAdmin}
 			/>
 		</SettingsSection>
 	);
diff --git a/client/containers/DashboardSettings/CommunitySettings/ExportCommunityDataButton.tsx b/client/containers/DashboardSettings/CommunitySettings/ExportCommunityDataButton.tsx
index ca49c59b3..a5a897bb9 100644
--- a/client/containers/DashboardSettings/CommunitySettings/ExportCommunityDataButton.tsx
+++ b/client/containers/DashboardSettings/CommunitySettings/ExportCommunityDataButton.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import React, { useCallback, useState } from 'react';
 
-import { Button, Callout, HTMLTable, Spinner, Tag } from '@blueprintjs/core';
+import { Button, Callout, HTMLTable, Icon, Spinner, Tag, Tooltip } from '@blueprintjs/core';
 
 import { apiFetch } from 'client/utils/apiFetch';
 
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ type PastExport = {
 type Props = {
 	disabled?: boolean;
 	pastExports?: PastExport[];
+	isSuperAdmin?: boolean;
 };
 
-export const ExportCommunityDataButton = ({ disabled, pastExports }: Props) => {
+export const ExportCommunityDataButton = ({ disabled, pastExports, isSuperAdmin }: Props) => {
 	const [isRequesting, setIsRequesting] = useState(false);
 	const [requestedAt, setRequestedAt] = useState<Date | null>(null);
 	const [message, setMessage] = useState<string | null>(null);
@@ -115,10 +116,15 @@ export const ExportCommunityDataButton = ({ disabled, pastExports }: Props) => {
 								const createdAt = new Date(exportItem.createdAt);
 								const expiresAt = new Date(createdAt.getTime() + SEVEN_DAYS_MS);
 								const isExpired = Date.now() > expiresAt.getTime();
+								// The worker sometimes fails to write the final result back to
+								// the database (intermittent connection issue) even though the
+								// export itself succeeded and produced a download URL. When a URL
+								// is present we treat the export as successful, regardless of any
+								// error recorded alongside it.
 								const hasUrl =
 									!exportItem.isProcessing &&
-									!exportItem.error &&
-									typeof exportItem.output === 'string';
+									typeof exportItem.output === 'string' &&
+									exportItem.output.length > 0;
 
 								let status: React.ReactNode;
 								if (exportItem.isProcessing) {
@@ -127,6 +133,32 @@ export const ExportCommunityDataButton = ({ disabled, pastExports }: Props) => {
 											Processing
 										</Tag>
 									);
+								} else if (hasUrl) {
+									status = (
+										<span
+											style={{
+												display: 'inline-flex',
+												alignItems: 'center',
+												gap: 4,
+											}}
+										>
+											<Tag minimal intent={isExpired ? 'warning' : 'success'}>
+												{isExpired ? 'Expired' : 'Ready'}
+											</Tag>
+											{/* Surface the underlying error to super admins so the
+											    intermittent worker failure stays visible, while
+											    still presenting the export as successful. */}
+											{isSuperAdmin && exportItem.error && (
+												<Tooltip content={exportItem.error}>
+													<Icon
+														icon="info-sign"
+														intent="warning"
+														iconSize={12}
+													/>
+												</Tooltip>
+											)}
+										</span>
+									);
 								} else if (exportItem.error) {
 									status = (
 										<Tag minimal intent="danger" title={exportItem.error}>
@@ -152,7 +184,7 @@ export const ExportCommunityDataButton = ({ disabled, pastExports }: Props) => {
 										<td>{createdAt.toLocaleString()}</td>
 										<td>{status}</td>
 										<td>
-											{!exportItem.isProcessing && !exportItem.error
+											{hasUrl
 												? isExpired
 													? 'Expired'
 													: expiresAt.toLocaleDateString()
diff --git a/server/sequelize.ts b/server/sequelize.ts
index f9d6767ef..ff43e70cc 100644
--- a/server/sequelize.ts
+++ b/server/sequelize.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ export const poolOptions = {
 	min: 2,
 	idle: env.SEQUELIZE_IDLE_TIMEOUT ?? 60_000,
 	acquire: env.SEQUELIZE_ACQUIRE_TIMEOUT ?? 10_000,
-	maxUses: env.SEQUELIZE_MAX_USES ?? Infinity,
+	// Recycle connections after a finite number of uses rather than reusing them
+	// forever, so a long-lived socket that has gone stale is retired gracefully.
+	maxUses: env.SEQUELIZE_MAX_USES ?? 7500,
 } satisfies PoolOptions;
 
 // this is to avoid thundering herd
@@ -87,7 +89,11 @@ export const sequelize = new SequelizeWithId(database_url, {
 	// logQueryParameters: true,
 	logging: false,
 
-	dialectOptions: { ssl: useSSL ? { rejectUnauthorized: false } : false },
+	dialectOptions: {
+		ssl: useSSL ? { rejectUnauthorized: false } : false,
+		// helps maybe fix some connection issues w worker
+		keepAlive: true,
+	},
 	dialect: 'postgres',
 	pool: poolOptions,
 	hooks: {
@@ -103,7 +109,13 @@ export const sequelize = new SequelizeWithId(database_url, {
 	},
 	retry: {
 		max: 3,
-		match: [/Deadlock/i, ConnectionError],
+		match: [
+			/Deadlock/i,
+			ConnectionError,
+			/Connection terminated unexpectedly/i,
+			/Connection terminated/i,
+			/ECONNRESET/,
+		],
 	},
 });