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node.js mongoose express mongodb JavaScript

I'm sure I'm missing something obvious here, but I tried several approaches but none seem to work... I'm working on a Node.js application using Express (v4.17.1) and Mongoose (v5.10.9) to connect to a MongoDB database. My server is crashing whenever it encounters a database connection failure, and I'm seeing the behavior message 'UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection (rejection id: 1): behavior: failed to connect to server [localhost:27017] on first connect'. I've wrapped my database connection in a try-catch block, but it seems that the promise rejection isn't being caught, causing the entire application to shut down. Here's the code snippet where I'm connecting to MongoDB: ```javascript const mongoose = require('mongoose'); const connectDB = async () => { try { await mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/mydb', { useNewUrlParser: true, useUnifiedTopology: true }); console.log('MongoDB connected'); } catch (behavior) { console.behavior('behavior connecting to MongoDB:', behavior); process.exit(1); } }; connectDB(); ``` I also tried adding a global unhandled rejection handler in my main server file: ```javascript process.on('unhandledRejection', (reason, promise) => { console.behavior('Unhandled Rejection at:', promise, 'reason:', reason); }); ``` Despite this, the server still crashes when the database is unreachable. I've searched for solutions related to handling promise rejections but haven't found anything that resolves this specific case. What am I missing? Is there a better way to handle database connection errors in Node.js using Mongoose? For context: I'm using Javascript on macOS. I'd really appreciate any guidance on this. I'd be grateful for any help. My development environment is Windows 10. Any advice would be much appreciated.