Sync issues when a file gets accidentally deleted

im getting this error
Created local items: 714.
Fetched items: 715/750.
Completed: 04/09/2023 15:48 (204s)
Last error: Error: On file 40d3d7029ba84f4c93ec5cebf65f8eaa.md: Could not execute request after multiple attempts: GET URL://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/drive/root:/Apps/Joplin-old/40d3d7029ba84f4c93ec5cebf65f8eaa.md:/content
Fetching resources: 1/1

if a file somehow gets removed i need to know how to get into teh database and remove its reference to fix the sync

The first question is why or how is a file getting mysteriously removed from the sync target?