From 2ab78660d4bccf2937d83c7dd5bb8540e6a2ee70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Noah Stapp <noah.stapp@mongodb.com>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 10:50:15 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify comment

---
 pymongo/pool_shared.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/pymongo/pool_shared.py b/pymongo/pool_shared.py
index 5de8d3545..ebb84c3f8 100644
--- a/pymongo/pool_shared.py
+++ b/pymongo/pool_shared.py
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ async def _async_create_connection(address: _Address, options: PoolOptions) -> s
                 asyncio.get_running_loop().sock_connect(sock, sa), timeout=timeout
             )
             sock.settimeout(timeout)
+            # Set immediately before return. Do not insert an await between this and the return
             sock_returned = True
             return sock
         except asyncio.TimeoutError as e: