Gmail account offline on Apple Mail in Ventura MacOS

Gmail account offline on Apple Mail

One of my Gmail IMAP accounts, all of the sudden is "offline" and the settings on Apple Mail will not let me activate it as "online" anymore. It just shows an icon with a circle and a squiggle next to it

( see attached image ).

I am afraid to delete the Account and recreate it because I am afraid I can lose all of my messages.

How can I fix this safely? Will I lose my emails if I delete the google account in MAIL and recreate it?

I am using Ventura 13.7.6 and Mail 16.0

Thanks!