diff --git a/studio/components/layouts/ProjectLayout/ConnectingState.tsx b/studio/components/layouts/ProjectLayout/ConnectingState.tsx
index 7a5c9bbf70a..b57b5edbec5 100644
--- a/studio/components/layouts/ProjectLayout/ConnectingState.tsx
+++ b/studio/components/layouts/ProjectLayout/ConnectingState.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import Link from 'next/link'
-import { FC, useEffect, useRef } from 'react'
+import { FC, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react-lite'
-import { Badge, IconLoader, IconMonitor, IconServer } from '@supabase/ui'
+import { Badge, Button, IconLoader, IconMonitor, IconServer, Modal } from '@supabase/ui'
 
 import { Project } from 'types'
 import { useStore } from 'hooks'
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@ const ProjectRestartingState: FC<Props> = ({ project }) => {
   const { app } = useStore()
   const checkProjectConnectionIntervalRef = useRef<number>()
 
+  const [showHelperButton, setShowHelperButton] = useState(false)
+  const [showModal, setShowModal] = useState(false)
+
+  // Show helper button if still connecting after 30 seconds
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const timer = setTimeout(() => setShowHelperButton(true), 30000)
+    return () => clearTimeout(timer)
+  }, [])
+
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!project.restUrl || !project.internalApiKey) return
 
@@ -38,39 +47,102 @@ const ProjectRestartingState: FC<Props> = ({ project }) => {
   }
 
   return (
-    <div className="max-w-7xl mx-auto w-full my-16 space-y-16">
-      <div className="mx-6 space-y-16">
-        <div className="flex flex-col space-y-4 lg:space-y-0 lg:flex-row lg:space-x-6 lg:items-center">
-          <h1 className="text-3xl">{project.name}</h1>
-          <div>
-            <Badge color="brand">
-              <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
-                <IconLoader className="animate-spin" size={12} />
-                <span>Connecting to project</span>
+    <>
+      <div className="mx-auto my-16 w-full max-w-7xl space-y-16">
+        <div className="mx-6 space-y-16">
+          <div className="flex flex-col space-y-4 lg:flex-row lg:items-center lg:space-y-0 lg:space-x-6">
+            <h1 className="text-3xl">{project.name}</h1>
+            <div>
+              <Badge color="brand">
+                <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
+                  <IconLoader className="animate-spin" size={12} />
+                  <span>Connecting to project</span>
+                </div>
+              </Badge>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+          <div className="bg-scale-300 border-scale-400 flex h-[500px] items-center justify-center rounded border p-8">
+            <div className="w-[420px] space-y-4">
+              <div className="mx-auto flex max-w-[300px] items-center justify-center space-x-4 lg:space-x-8">
+                <IconMonitor className="text-scale-1100" size={50} strokeWidth={1.5} />
+                <ShimmerLine active />
+                <IconServer className="text-scale-1100" size={50} strokeWidth={1.5} />
+              </div>
+
+              <div className="space-y-1">
+                <p className="text-center">Connecting to {project.name}</p>
+                <p
+                  className="text-scale-1100 cursor-pointer text-center text-sm opacity-60 transition hover:opacity-100"
+                  onClick={() => setShowModal(true)}
+                >
+                  This may take a few minutes
+                </p>
               </div>
-            </Badge>
-          </div>
-        </div>
-        <div className="rounded bg-scale-300 border border-scale-400 p-8 flex items-center justify-center h-[500px]">
-          <div className="w-[420px] space-y-4">
-            <div className="max-w-[300px] mx-auto flex items-center justify-center space-x-4 lg:space-x-8">
-              <IconMonitor className="text-scale-1100" size={50} strokeWidth={1.5} />
-              <ShimmerLine active />
-              <IconServer className="text-scale-1100" size={50} strokeWidth={1.5} />
+
+              <div className="flex flex-col items-center">
+                {showHelperButton && (
+                  <Button type="default" onClick={() => setShowModal(true)}>
+                    Still connecting?
+                  </Button>
+                )}
+              </div>
             </div>
-            <p className="text-center">Connecting to {project.name}</p>
-            <p className="text-center text-scale-1100 text-sm">
-              This may take a few minutes, but if your dashboard hasn't connected within 2 minutes,
-              you can open a support ticket{' '}
-              <span className="text-green-1000">
-                <Link href={`/support/new?ref=${project.ref}`}>here</Link>
-              </span>
-              .
-            </p>
           </div>
         </div>
       </div>
-    </div>
+      <Modal
+        visible={showModal}
+        onCancel={() => setShowModal(false)}
+        header={
+          <div className="flex items-baseline gap-2">
+            <h5 className="text-scale-1200 text-sm">Checking the health of your database</h5>
+          </div>
+        }
+        size="medium"
+        hideFooter
+        closable
+      >
+        <div className="py-4">
+          <Modal.Content>
+            <div className="space-y-4">
+              <p className="text-scale-1200 text-sm">
+                Your project might be facing resource constraints and hence is having trouble
+                connecting. You can verify this by checking your{' '}
+                <span className="text-green-1000">
+                  <Link href={`/project/${project.ref}/settings/database`}>
+                    <a>database's health</a>
+                  </Link>
+                </span>{' '}
+                or your remaining daily disk IO budget via a{' '}
+                <span className="text-green-1000">
+                  <Link href={`/project/${project.ref}/reports`}>
+                    <a>customizable project report</a>
+                  </Link>
+                </span>
+                .
+              </p>
+              <p className="text-scale-1200 text-sm">
+                If your project is facing resource constraints, you can{' '}
+                <span className="text-green-1000">
+                  <Link href={`/project/${project.ref}/reports`}>
+                    <a>upgrade</a>
+                  </Link>
+                </span>{' '}
+                your project's subscription to a Pro for access to larger compute sizes.
+              </p>
+              <p className="text-scale-1200 text-sm">
+                However, if your project still fails to connect thereafter, you can open a support
+                ticket{' '}
+                <span className="text-green-1000">
+                  <Link href={`/support/new?ref=${project.ref}`}>here</Link>
+                </span>
+                .
+              </p>
+            </div>
+          </Modal.Content>
+        </div>
+      </Modal>
+    </>
   )
 }