From 6bd3332bbc46099b71e99bfc85b1526f6b8d4d4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Jenkins <40323108+Matthew-Jenkins@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2025 10:56:36 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Make using session the default

I have no idea why you would not want to use a session by default. If you make more than 1 request in your script you benefit by an order of magnitude on wait to reconnect.
---
 atlassian/rest_client.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/atlassian/rest_client.py b/atlassian/rest_client.py
index ee92fd19c..40bbb3586 100644
--- a/atlassian/rest_client.py
+++ b/atlassian/rest_client.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def __init__(
         api_root: str = "rest/api",
         api_version: Union[str, int] = "latest",
         verify_ssl: bool = True,
-        session: Optional[requests.Session] = None,
+        session: Optional[requests.Session] = requests.Session(),
         oauth: Optional[dict] = None,
         oauth2: Optional[dict] = None,
         cookies: Optional[CookieJar] = None,