[SCB-167] proper connection & disconnection

[seanyinx]

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[seanyinx]

@eric-lee-ltk please review

[coveralls]

Coverage increased (+0.6%) to 94.94% when pulling d3ecced on SCB-167_proper_connection into d38641a on master.

[eric-lee-ltk]

LGTM