The solution to my problems involved both of the issues Tom identified.
1. Proc::Daemon::Init() call closed the libpq connection in the parent.
Solution: deliberately close connection before call and open in the
child after the call.
2. The status updates were being written inside a transaction
Solution: open a second connection in the child process and use for
the status updates to allow the monitor script to select
them.
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