Recover stalled database connections and skip unreachable chat recipients

scripts/deploy_release.sh

@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ compose run --rm --no-deps bot python -m alembic upgrade head
 compose run --rm --no-deps bot python scripts/check_schema.py
 compose up -d --no-build --wait --wait-timeout 180 bot
 docker exec lottery_bot python -m src.core.health
+echo "Verifying application health and restart count for 120 seconds"
+for attempt in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8; do
+    sleep 15
+    docker exec lottery_bot python -m src.core.health
+    test "$(docker inspect --format '{{.RestartCount}}' lottery_bot)" -eq 0
+done
 ln -s "$release" "$root/current.$build"
 mv -Tf "$root/current.$build" "$root/current"
 printf '%s\n' "$build" > "$root/last-build"