Merlin Fisher-Levine

Actualy traceback I'm seeing at random times is ``` File "/usr/share/miniconda/envs/test/lib/python3.8/site-packages/astroquery/simbad/core.py", line 543, in query_object response = self.query_object_async(object_name, wildcard=wildcard, File "/usr/share/miniconda/envs/test/lib/python3.8/site-packages/astroquery/simbad/core.py", line 580, in query_object_async response = self._request("POST", self.SIMBAD_URL, data=request_payload,...

I think the connections are initialised, as you say, not in import, but when you use the object to query something, but then they continue to live, because the object...

OK, I'm happy to concede that the traceback is indeed only raised when I issue the query, using a pre-made object which is old. I tried adding `del Simbad` after...

Oh yes, that is exactly what I've done - without that all my tests on GitHub Actions were failing, so I couldn't wait for a fix here. I was just...

Sure. I've got a [_very_ involved one](https://github.com/lsst/Spectractor/runs/7426112577?check_suite_focus=true]), which I don't think is so helpful as it's basically the opposite of an MWE, and weirdly the MWE that @erykoff made here...

Sadly, and even more confusingly to me at the time, this was a 100% consistent failure, rather than something timing out from time to time. I do, however, only see...

That is a great thing to know about in general, thank you! Sadly though, this problem, though it's not seen everywhere (and is therefore inconsistent in _that_ regard) seems to...