Using a connection pool instead of a single @$*%^_!# connection increased the throughput tremendously and fixed the problem with the server crashing due to server disconnects, reducing downtime. Why was the latter issue even unfixed?

At least some of them have to do with running updations timely?

Now they don't block the search field, which is more user friendly. They also appear only if the date searched for matches the notification, not if the current date matches the notification.