Operational Error on MySQL RDS Instance

The heading pretty much describes it all, here are some more information on the Amazon RDS I am using.

• Engine: MySQL Community 8.0.28
• Class db.r6g.large
• Multi-AZ no. The data volume is very small, not even a few megs, as I am just doing some PoC to test the connectivity.

On the client side, I am using the following stack

• Ubuntu 22.04
• Python 3.10
• SQL Alchemy 1.4.44

    #!/usr/bin/env python3
    # encoding:utf-8
    uri:str = 'mysql+mysqlconnector://della:random_password@tensorflow-dump.apj-xjge.ap-southeast-1.rds.amazonaws.com:3306/convnet'
    with create_engine(url=uri).connect() as out_client:
        logging.info(msg=f'Connected to {uri}.')        
        results.to_sql(name='machine_name', con=out_client,
                                            if_exists='append', index=False)
        logging.info(msg=f'Pushed data.')

So, I am encountering the operational error on a sporadic basis, once every 3-4 attempts of running the above code. It is not reproducible, but certainly this makes the database unsuitable for production usage. Here is the stacktrace.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/della/supply-chain-dev/clustering_results_postprocess/src/push.py", line 119, in <module>
    asyncio.run(main=main())
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/asyncio/runners.py", line 44, in run
    return loop.run_until_complete(main)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/asyncio/base_events.py", line 646, in run_until_complete
    return future.result()
  File "/home/della/supply-chain-dev/clustering_results_postprocess/src/push.py", line 111, in main
    with create_engine(url=out_dbase_uri).connect() as out_client:
  File "/home/della/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py", line 3315, in connect
    return self._connection_cls(self, close_with_result=close_with_result)
  File "/home/della/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py", line 96, in __init__
    else engine.raw_connection()
  File "/home/della/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py", line 3394, in raw_connection
    return self._wrap_pool_connect(self.pool.connect, _connection)
  File "/home/della/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py", line 3364, in _wrap_pool_connect
    Connection._handle_dbapi_exception_noconnection(
  File "/home/della/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py", line 2198, in _handle_dbapi_exception_noconnection
    util.raise_(
  File "/home/della/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlalchemy/util/compat.py", line 210, in raise_
    raise exception
  File "/home/della/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py", line 3361, in _wrap_pool_connect
    return fn()
  File "/home/della/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool/base.py", line 325, in connect
    return _ConnectionFairy._checkout(self)
  File "/home/della/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool/base.py", line 888, in _checkout
    fairy = _ConnectionRecord.checkout(pool)
  File "/home/della/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool/base.py", line 491, in checkout
    rec = pool._do_get()
  File "/home/della/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool/impl.py", line 145, in _do_get
    with util.safe_reraise():
  File "/home/della/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlalchemy/util/langhelpers.py", line 70, in __exit__
    compat.raise_(
  File "/home/della/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlalchemy/util/compat.py", line 210, in raise_
    raise exception
  File "/home/della/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool/impl.py", line 143, in _do_get
    return self._create_connection()
  File "/home/della/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool/base.py", line 271, in _create_connection
    return _ConnectionRecord(self)
  File "/home/della/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool/base.py", line 386, in __init__
    self.__connect()
  File "/home/della/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool/base.py", line 684, in __connect
    with util.safe_reraise():
  File "/home/della/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlalchemy/util/langhelpers.py", line 70, in __exit__
    compat.raise_(
  File "/home/della/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlalchemy/util/compat.py", line 210, in raise_
    raise exception
  File "/home/della/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool/base.py", line 680, in __connect
    self.dbapi_connection = connection = pool._invoke_creator(self)
  File "/home/della/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlalchemy/engine/create.py", line 578, in connect
    return dialect.connect(*cargs, **cparams)
  File "/home/della/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlalchemy/engine/default.py", line 598, in connect
    return self.dbapi.connect(*cargs, **cparams)
  File "/home/della/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/mysql/connector/pooling.py", line 293, in connect
    return CMySQLConnection(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/della/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/mysql/connector/connection_cext.py", line 118, in __init__
    self.connect(**kwargs)
  File "/home/della/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/mysql/connector/abstracts.py", line 1178, in connect
    self._open_connection()
  File "/home/della/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/mysql/connector/connection_cext.py", line 293, in _open_connection
    raise get_mysql_exception(
sqlalchemy.exc.OperationalError: (mysql.connector.errors.OperationalError) 2013 (HY000): Lost connection to MySQL server at 'reading authorization packet', system error: 104
(Background on this error at: https://sqlalche.me/e/14/e3q8)

I have already opened the necessary port in the security group to allow access from my client machine. So is this a resource issue or code/credential issue? Do I need to fire up a bigger database somehow, or resort to multi-zone deployment etc.?

Additional info: Said it in the comment already, but to make it clear, my client is a Dell Inspiron Laptop running Linux Mint, the security group (of the RDS instance) is configured to accept connection, and from the same laptop, I can connect to the mysql> prompt without any problem. It is the sqlalchemy client that is refusing to connect sometimes.