Apache reverse proxy to Node - Connection refused: AH00957-CodePudding

I am trying to get a brand new cloud based server working with a default version of 20.04 server ubuntu working with apache and node. The node server appears to be running without issues reporting 4006 port is open. However I believe my apache config is not. The request will hang for a very very long time. No errors are displayed in the node terminal. So the fault must lie in my apache config seeing as we are getting the below apache errors and no JS errors.

Request error after some time

502 proxy error

Apache Error Log

[Sun Oct 17 20:58:56.608793 2021] [proxy:error] [pid 1596878] (111)Connection refused: AH00957: HTTP: attempt to connect to [::1]:4006 (localhost) failed
[Sun Oct 17 20:58:56.608909 2021] [proxy_http:error] [pid 1596878] [client 207.46.13.93:27392] AH01114: HTTP: failed to make connection to backend: localhost

vhost

<VirtualHost IP_ADDRESS:80>
    ServerName api.aDomain.com
    Redirect permanent / https://api.aDomain.com/
</VirtualHost>
<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
    <VirtualHost IP_ADDRESS:443>
        ServerName api.aDomain.com

        ProxyRequests on
        LoadModule proxy_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_proxy.so
        LoadModule proxy_http_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_proxy_http.so

        ProxyPass / http://localhost:4006/
        ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:4006/
    

        #certificates SSL
        SSLEngine on
        SSLCACertificateFile /etc/ssl/api.aDomain.com/apimini.ca
        SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/api.aDomain.com/apimini.crt
        SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/api.aDomain.com/apimini.key

        ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error_api.aDomain.com.log
        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access_api.aDomain.com.log combined

    </VirtualHost>
</IfModule>

terminal output

[nodemon] 1.19.4
[nodemon] to restart at any time, enter `rs`
[nodemon] watching dir(s): *.*
[nodemon] watching extensions: js,mjs,json
[nodemon] starting `babel-node -r dotenv/config --inspect=9229 index.js`
Debugger listening on ws://127.0.0.1:9229/c1fcf271-aea8-47ff-910e-fe5a91fce6d2
For help, see: https://nodejs.org/en/docs/inspector
Browserslist: caniuse-lite is outdated. Please run next command `npm update`