MySQL Suddenly Refuses Connections

Hi
traccar and mysql running on same machine (windows server 2019) one day just started refusing connections after a windows update. Just want to rule out my configuration file here if someone can take a look please. I had this problem before and i think i just updated traccar & mysql it fixed the problem, maybe that was a coincidence I am not good a databases.

<entry key="database.driver">com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver</entry>
<entry key="database.url">jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/traccar?serverTimezone=UTC&useSSL=false&allowMultiQueries=true&autoReconnect=true&useUnicode=yes&characterEncoding=UTF-8&sessionVariables=sql_mode=''</entry>

I get this error in traccar

2023-08-20 07:03:08 ERROR: HikariPool-1 - Exception during pool initialization. - Connection refused: no further information - ConnectException (... < DatabaseModule:79 < <gener:-1 < *:-1 < ... < MainModule:123 < ...)
2023-08-20 07:03:08 ERROR: Main method error - Connection refused: no further information - ConnectException (... < DatabaseModule:79 < <gener:-1 < *:-1 < ... < MainModule:123 < ...)
2023-08-20 07:03:08  WARN: JNA: Callback org.traccar.WindowsService$ServiceMain@4ebff610 threw the following exception - Connection refused: no further information - ConnectException (... < DatabaseModule:79 < <gener:-1 < *:-1 < ... <

I get this warning in MySql

2023-08-23T12:54:42.058436Z 9 [Warning] [MY-013360] [Server] Plugin mysql_native_password reported: ''mysql_native_password' is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Please use caching_sha2_password instead'

Have you enabled network connections on the MySQL side?

I believe so, It was working before. Could it be because i'm using root? should i not use root? root is bound to localhost but looks like i'm using localhost in the traccar config so i should be good there right? I'm starting to think this is a driver issue because i have a bunch more warnings in MySQL

2023-08-23 10:47:45.902130, 14, [Warning] [MY-013360] [Server], Plugin mysql_native_password reported: ''mysql_native_password' is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Please use caching_sha2_password instead'

Are you using the latest Traccar? Make sure you use the official recommended configuration for MySQL URL.

Using version 5.8
From Traccar Recommended Document

<entry key='database.driver'>com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver</entry>
<entry key='database.url'>jdbc:mysql://[HOST]/[DATABASE]?zeroDateTimeBehavior=round&amp;serverTimezone=UTC&amp;allowPublicKeyRetrieval=true&amp;useSSL=false&amp;allowMultiQueries=true&amp;autoReconnect=true&amp;useUnicode=yes&amp;characterEncoding=UTF-8&amp;sessionVariables=sql_mode=''</entry>
<entry key='database.user'>[USER]</entry>
<entry key='database.password'>[PASSWORD]</entry>

My Config File

<entry key="database.driver">com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver</entry>
<entry key="database.url">jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/traccar?serverTimezone=UTC&useSSL=false&allowMultiQueries=true&autoReconnect=true&useUnicode=yes&characterEncoding=UTF-8&sessionVariables=sql_mode=''</entry>
<entry key="database.user">root</entry>
<entry key="database.password">*****</entry>

I noticed my second line was a little different i changed it to match and still same problem.