From f40c8ee304df6d4ef862238e0cfd8b530cd345aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Himes <benjamindhimes@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 16:35:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Closes the connection on the object being garbage-collected.

---
 async_substrate_interface/sync_substrate.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/async_substrate_interface/sync_substrate.py b/async_substrate_interface/sync_substrate.py
index 8bb5211..f6cb4e1 100644
--- a/async_substrate_interface/sync_substrate.py
+++ b/async_substrate_interface/sync_substrate.py
@@ -525,6 +525,9 @@ def __enter__(self):
         self.initialize()
         return self
 
+    def __del__(self):
+        self.close()
+
     def initialize(self):
         """
         Initialize the connection to the chain.