diff --git a/.crow/weekly-audit-missing-alpine-322-arm64.yaml b/.crow/weekly-audit-missing-alpine-322-arm64.yaml
index 8e6e4cc..1815163 100644
--- a/.crow/weekly-audit-missing-alpine-322-arm64.yaml
+++ b/.crow/weekly-audit-missing-alpine-322-arm64.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ steps:
         from_secret: REPO_RO_TOKEN
       GITHUB_PAT:
         from_secret: GITHUB_PAT
+      FORGEJO_TOKEN:
+        from_secret: FORGEJO_TOKEN
       PLATFORM: alpine-322
       ARCH: arm64
       R_LIBS_USER: /mnt/cache/R-pkgs
diff --git a/local/weekly-missing-binaries-audit.R b/local/weekly-missing-binaries-audit.R
index 9c2b4ae..9a295d2 100644
--- a/local/weekly-missing-binaries-audit.R
+++ b/local/weekly-missing-binaries-audit.R
@@ -118,15 +118,36 @@ if (file.exists(excluded_path)) {
 # 5. Query PostgreSQL for known build failures
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 cat("Connecting to PostgreSQL...\n")
-con <- DBI::dbConnect(
-  RPostgres::Postgres(),
-  dbname   = "build_metadata",
-  host     = "r-binaries.devxy.io",
-  port     = 15432,
-  user     = "rpkgs",
-  password = Sys.getenv("PGPASS"),
-  sslmode  = "require"
-)
+pg_connect <- function() {
+  DBI::dbConnect(
+    RPostgres::Postgres(),
+    dbname   = "build_metadata",
+    host     = "r-binaries.devxy.io",
+    port     = 15432,
+    user     = "rpkgs",
+    password = Sys.getenv("PGPASS"),
+    sslmode  = "require"
+  )
+}
+
+con <- NULL
+for (attempt in seq_len(3)) {
+  con <- tryCatch(pg_connect(), error = function(e) NULL)
+  if (!is.null(con) && DBI::dbIsValid(con)) {
+    tryCatch({
+      DBI::dbGetQuery(con, "SELECT 1")
+      break
+    }, error = function(e) {
+      try(DBI::dbDisconnect(con), silent = TRUE)
+      con <<- NULL
+    })
+  }
+  if (attempt < 3) {
+    cat(sprintf("PostgreSQL connection attempt %d failed, retrying...\n", attempt))
+    Sys.sleep(2 * attempt)
+  }
+}
+if (is.null(con) || !DBI::dbIsValid(con)) stop("Failed to connect to PostgreSQL after 3 attempts")
 on.exit(DBI::dbDisconnect(con), add = TRUE)
 
 errored_pkgs <- DBI::dbGetQuery(