diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 6a2f0c5e..d1625fe3 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ repos:
     -   id: pyupgrade
         args: [--py38-plus]
 -   repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-    rev: 23.9.1
+    rev: 23.10.0
     hooks:
     -   id: black
 -   repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index b53e0cd0..88b7583b 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,16 @@ Flask-Security Changelog
 
 Here you can see the full list of changes between each Flask-Security release.
 
+Version 5.3.2
+-------------
+
+Released xxx
+
+Fixes
+++++++
+
+- (:issue:`859`) Update Quickstart to show how to properly handle SQLAlchemy connections
+
 Version 5.3.1
 -------------
 
diff --git a/docs/quickstart.rst b/docs/quickstart.rst
index 86f0e265..f1278ccb 100644
--- a/docs/quickstart.rst
+++ b/docs/quickstart.rst
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ SQLAlchemy Install requirements
      $ . pymyenv/bin/activate
      $ pip install flask-security-too[common] sqlalchemy
 
-SQLAlchemy Application
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+SQLAlchemy Application (w/o Flask-SQLAlchemy)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 The following code sample illustrates how to get started as quickly as
 possible using `SQLAlchemy in a declarative way
@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ and models.py.
     # Don't worry if email has findable domain
     app.config["SECURITY_EMAIL_VALIDATOR_ARGS"] = {"check_deliverability": False}
 
+    # manage sessions per request - make sure connections are closed and returned
+    app.teardown_appcontext(lambda exc: db_session.close())
+
     # Setup Flask-Security
     user_datastore = SQLAlchemySessionUserDatastore(db_session, User, Role)
     app.security = Security(app, user_datastore)
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index bb612547..ebeceae7 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ def sqlalchemy_session_datastore(request, app, tmpdir, realdburl):
     return sqlalchemy_session_setup(request, app, tmpdir, realdburl)
 
 
-def sqlalchemy_session_setup(request, app, tmpdir, realdburl):
+def sqlalchemy_session_setup(request, app, tmpdir, realdburl, **engine_kwargs):
     """
     Note that we test having a different user id column name here.
     """
@@ -501,10 +501,11 @@ def sqlalchemy_session_setup(request, app, tmpdir, realdburl):
 
     app.config["SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI"] = "sqlite:///" + path
 
-    engine = create_engine(app.config["SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI"])
+    engine = create_engine(app.config["SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI"], **engine_kwargs)
     db_session = scoped_session(
         sessionmaker(autocommit=False, autoflush=False, bind=engine)
     )
+    app.teardown_appcontext(lambda exc: db_session.close())
     Base = declarative_base()
     Base.query = db_session.query_property()
 
diff --git a/tests/test_misc.py b/tests/test_misc.py
index fa501338..ff6603b3 100644
--- a/tests/test_misc.py
+++ b/tests/test_misc.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 from unittest import mock
 import re
 import os.path
-import sys
 import time
 import typing as t
 
@@ -809,7 +808,6 @@ def __init__(self, email):
 """
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info < (3, 0), reason="requires python3 or higher")
 @pytest.mark.settings(password_check_breached="strict")
 def test_breached(app, sqlalchemy_datastore):
     # partial response from: https://api.pwnedpasswords.com/range/07003
@@ -833,7 +831,6 @@ def test_breached(app, sqlalchemy_datastore):
             assert app.config["SECURITY_MSG_PASSWORD_BREACHED"][0] in pbad[0]
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info < (3, 0), reason="requires python3 or higher")
 @pytest.mark.settings(
     password_check_breached="strict",
     password_breached_count=16,
@@ -1444,3 +1441,20 @@ def test_login_email_whatever(app, client, get_message):
     )
     assert response.status_code == 302
     assert "/" in response.location
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skip
+def test_sqlalchemy_session_conn(request, app, tmpdir, realdburl):
+    # test harness for checking connection mgmt by logging all connections
+    from .conftest import sqlalchemy_session_setup
+
+    ds = sqlalchemy_session_setup(
+        request, app, tmpdir, realdburl, echo_pool="debug", echo="debug"
+    )
+    init_app_with_options(app, ds)
+    client = app.test_client()
+
+    client.post("/login", data=dict(email="matt@lp.com", password="password"))
+
+    client.post("/login", json=dict(noemail="matt@lp.com", password="password"))
+    time.sleep(5)