1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb
index 05d8d5ac00..683d7190d5 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb
@@ -281,6 +281,8 @@ module ActiveRecord
           super
           @connection.reset
           configure_connection
+        rescue PG::ConnectionBad
+          connect
         end
       end
 
@@ -738,6 +740,8 @@ module ActiveRecord
         def connect
           @connection = PG.connect(@connection_parameters)
           configure_connection
+          add_pg_encoders
+          add_pg_decoders
         end
 
         # Configures the encoding, verbosity, schema search path, and time zone of the connection.