diff --git a/superset/models/core.py b/superset/models/core.py
index 4e60ba0cb8279..7d5b688a183e3 100755
--- a/superset/models/core.py
+++ b/superset/models/core.py
@@ -95,53 +95,44 @@
 DB_CONNECTION_MUTATOR = config["DB_CONNECTION_MUTATOR"]
 
 
-def print_connection_status():
-    logger.info("Pinging database")
-    logger.info(f"STATUS: {db.session.connection().closed}")
-
-    try:
-        db.session.execute("SELECT 1")
-        logger.info("success")
-    except Exception:
-        logger.error("connection failed as expected")
-
-
 @contextmanager
-def temporarily_disconnect_metadata_db():  # type: ignore
+def temporarily_disconnect_db():  # type: ignore
     """
-    Temporary disconnects the metadata database session during analytics query.
+    Temporary disconnects the metadata database session.
+
+    This is meant to be used during long, blocking operations, so that we can release
+    the database connection for the duration of, for example, a potentially long running
+    query against an analytics database.
+
     The goal here is to lower the number of concurrent connections to the metadata database,
     given that Superset has no control over the duration of the analytics query.
 
-    If using a connection pool, the connn is release during the period. If not, the conn is closed
-    and has to be re-established.
-
-    Only has an effect if feature flag DISABLE_METADATA_DB_DURING_ANALYTICS is on
+    NOTE: only has an effect if feature flag DISABLE_METADATA_DB_DURING_ANALYTICS
+    and using NullPool
     """
-    do_it = is_feature_enabled("DISABLE_METADATA_DB_DURING_ANALYTICS")
-    connection = db.session.connection()
+    pool_type = db.engine.pool.__class__.__name__
+    # Currently only tested/available when used with NullPool
+    do_it = (
+        is_feature_enabled("DISABLE_METADATA_DB_DURING_ANALYTICS")
+        and pool_type == "NullPool"
+    )
+    conn = db.session.connection()
     try:
         if do_it:
             logger.info("Disconnecting metadata database temporarily")
+            # Closing the session
             db.session.close()
-            print_connection_status()
-            connection.close()
-            logger.info(f"STATUS: {connection.closed}")
+            # Closing the connection
+            conn.close()
         yield None
     finally:
         if do_it:
             logger.info("Reconnecting to metadata database")
-            logger.info("BEFORE")
-            print_connection_status()
-
-            # NOTE: Interface changes in flask-sqlalchemy 3.0
-
-            db.session.connection()
+            conn = db.session.connection()
+            # Creating a new scoped session
+            # NOTE: Interface changes in flask-sqlalchemy ~3.0
             db.session = db.create_scoped_session()
 
-            logger.info("AFTER")
-            print_connection_status()
-
 
 class KeyValue(Model):  # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
     """Used for any type of key-value store"""
@@ -739,7 +730,7 @@ def _log_query(sql: str) -> None:
         with self.get_raw_connection(catalog=catalog, schema=schema) as conn:
             cursor = conn.cursor()
             df = None
-            with temporarily_disconnect_metadata_db():
+            with temporarily_disconnect_db():
                 for i, sql_ in enumerate(sqls):
                     sql_ = self.mutate_sql_based_on_config(sql_, is_split=True)
                     _log_query(sql_)
diff --git a/superset/sqllab/sql_json_executer.py b/superset/sqllab/sql_json_executer.py
index 9ad70ca6ab0d8..0c21410fe0d32 100644
--- a/superset/sqllab/sql_json_executer.py
+++ b/superset/sqllab/sql_json_executer.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     SupersetGenericDBErrorException,
     SupersetTimeoutException,
 )
-from superset.models.core import temporarily_disconnect_metadata_db
+from superset.models.core import temporarily_disconnect_db
 from superset.sqllab.command_status import SqlJsonExecutionStatus
 from superset.utils import core as utils
 from superset.utils.core import get_username
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ def execute(
         except SupersetTimeoutException:
             raise
         except Exception as ex:
-            raise ex
             logger.exception("Query %i failed unexpectedly", query_id)
             logger.error(ex)
             raise SupersetGenericDBErrorException(
@@ -130,7 +129,7 @@ def _get_sql_results_with_timeout(
             seconds=self._timeout_duration_in_seconds,
             error_message=self._get_timeout_error_msg(),
         ):
-            with temporarily_disconnect_metadata_db():
+            with temporarily_disconnect_db():
                 return self._get_sql_results(
                     execution_context, rendered_query, log_params
                 )