diff --git a/atlassian/jira.py b/atlassian/jira.py
index 6bff24ad8..a6abd2e98 100644
--- a/atlassian/jira.py
+++ b/atlassian/jira.py
@@ -3638,7 +3638,7 @@ def approximate_issue_count(
         url = self.resource_url("search/approximate-count")
         return self.post(url, data)
 
-    def match_jql(self, issue_ids: List[int], jqls: List[str]) -> Optional[dict[Any, Any]]:
+    def match_jql(self, issue_ids: List[int], jqls: List[str]) -> Optional[Dict[Any, Any]]:
         """
         Checks which issues match a list of JQL queries.
 
diff --git a/atlassian/rest_client.py b/atlassian/rest_client.py
index 9bce6029e..dba986cff 100644
--- a/atlassian/rest_client.py
+++ b/atlassian/rest_client.py
@@ -153,7 +153,12 @@ def __init__(
         self.username = username
         self.password = password
         self.timeout = int(timeout)
-        self.verify_ssl = verify_ssl
+        if session:
+            # don't override verify if session is passed
+            self.verify_ssl = session.verify
+        else:
+            # otherwise use the passed value or default to True
+            self.verify_ssl = verify_ssl
         self.api_root = api_root
         self.api_version = api_version
         self.cookies = cookies
@@ -990,8 +995,10 @@ def raise_for_status(self, response: Response) -> None:
                     elif isinstance(errors, dict) and "message" in errors:
                         error_msg_list.append(errors.get("message", ""))
                     elif isinstance(errors, list):
-                        error_msg_list.extend([v.get("message", "") if isinstance(v, dict) else v for v in errors])
-                    error_msg = "\n".join(error_msg_list)
+                        error_msg_list.extend(
+                            [v.get("message", "") if isinstance(v, dict) else v for v in errors]
+                        )
+                    error_msg = "\n".join(error_msg_list) if error_msg_list else "Unknown error"
             except Exception as e:
                 log.error(e)
                 response.raise_for_status()