Will DevTest component reconnect to the database after it is up and running from a database downtime?

Products

• CA Application Test
• CA Continuous Application Insight (PathFinder)
• Service Virtualization

Issue/Introduction

If the database connected to a DevTest component, Registry, Enterprise Dashboard or IAM goes down, it looks the component will also go down.
Will DevTest component reconnect to the database after it is up and running from a database downtime?

Environment

DevTest on release 10.x

Cause

N/A

Resolution

Whenever the database configured with DevTest component goes down, the component will try to reconnect 3 times after few minutes. 
It does not try to reconnect after hours the connection problem happened. 
If during the first few minutes the database connectivity cannot be reestablished, the DevTest component will stop and a manual restart will be necessary.