OSError: [Errno 116] ETIMEDOUT while using the adafruit_ntp.py library

[wavesailor]

So I just updated my MagTag to the latest version of everything - Adafruit CircuitPython 9.1.4 on 2024-09-17; Adafruit MagTag with ESP32S2
Now I get the following error:

  File "adafruit_ntp.py", line 93, in _update_time_sync
OSError: [Errno 116] ETIMEDOUT

I created a simple test to replicate the problem using the example code: Adafruit_CircuitPython_NTP/examples/ntp_simpletest.py. The error does not always happen the first time I run it but usually on the 2nd or 3rd attempt, it crashes.

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Scott Shawcroft for Adafruit Industries
# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT

"""Print out time based on NTP."""

import os
import time

import socketpool
import wifi

import adafruit_ntp

from adafruit_magtag.magtag import MagTag

magtag = MagTag()
URL = "https://swapi.dev/api/"
resp = magtag.network.fetch(URL)
print(resp.json())
print("*****************")

# Get wifi AP credentials from a settings.toml file
wifi_ssid = os.getenv("CIRCUITPY_WIFI_SSID")
wifi_password = os.getenv("CIRCUITPY_WIFI_PASSWORD")
if wifi_ssid is None:
    print("WiFi credentials are kept in settings.toml, please add them there!")
    raise ValueError("SSID not found in environment variables")

try:
    wifi.radio.connect(wifi_ssid, wifi_password)
except ConnectionError:
    print("Failed to connect to WiFi with provided credentials")
    raise

pool = socketpool.SocketPool(wifi.radio)
ntp = adafruit_ntp.NTP(pool, tz_offset=0, cache_seconds=3600)

print(ntp.datetime)