AH I also found the following in the Nginx error log.
2010/09/10 08:42:34 [error] 4375#0: *1 connect() to unix:/tmp/
passenger.4359/master/helper_server.sock failed (111: Connection
refused) while connecting to u
pstream, client: 90.196.235.201, server:
www.app.net, request: "GET /
HTTP/1.1", upstream: "passenger://unix:/tmp/passenger.4359/master/he
lper_server.sock:", host: "
app.net"
2010/09/10 08:42:34 [error] 4375#0: *1 connect() to unix:/tmp/
passenger.4359/master/helper_server.sock failed (111: Connection
refused) while connecting to u
pstream, client: 90.196.235.201, server:
www.app.net, request: "GET /
favicon.ico HTTP/1.1", upstream: "passenger://unix:/tmp/passenger.435
9/master/helper_server.sock:", host: "
community.telescopeapp.net"