--- a/server/session.py	Wed Jun 26 14:26:06 2013 +0200
+++ b/server/session.py	Wed Jun 26 14:46:24 2013 +0200
@@ -1315,6 +1315,13 @@
         # XXX backward compat with dbapi. deprecate me ASAP.
         return self.user.login
 
+    def new_cnx(self):
+        """Return a new Connection object linked to the session
+
+        The returned Connection will *not* be managed by the Session.
+        """
+        return Connection(self)
+
     def get_cnx(self, cnxid):
         """return the <cnxid> connection attached to this session
 

--- a/server/test/unittest_session.py	Wed Jun 26 14:26:06 2013 +0200
+++ b/server/test/unittest_session.py	Wed Jun 26 14:46:24 2013 +0200
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(set(), session.enabled_hook_categories)
 
     def test_explicite_connection(self):
-        with Connection(self.session) as cnx:
+        with self.session.new_cnx() as cnx:
             rset = cnx.execute('Any X LIMIT 1 WHERE X is CWUser')
             self.assertEqual(1, len(rset))
             user = rset.get_entity(0, 0)