[Python] Discord.py bot won't shutdown gracefully

I'm trying to make a discord bot using the discord.py library, but whenever I try bot.close() I get a RuntimeError: Event loop is closed

I've reduced the code to the minimun but still get the error

import discord
from discord.ext import commands
import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv
import asyncio

TOKEN = os.getenv('TOKEN')

intents = discord.Intents.default()
bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix='!', intents=intents)


@bot.event
async def on_ready():
print(f'Logged in as {bot.user}!')

await asyncio.sleep(5)

print("shuting down")
await bot.close()


bot.run(TOKEN)


The traceback is the following

Exception ignored in: <function _ProactorBasePipeTransport.__del__ at 0x037726E8>
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "...\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\asyncio\proactor_events.py", line 116, in __del__
self.close()
File "...\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\asyncio\proactor_events.py", line 108, in close
self._loop.call_soon(self._call_connection_lost, None)
File "...\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\asyncio\base_events.py", line 711, in call_soon
self._check_closed()
File "...\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\asyncio\base_events.py", line 504, in _check_closed
raise RuntimeError('Event loop is closed')
RuntimeError: Event loop is closed
Exception ignored in: <function _ProactorBasePipeTransport.__del__ at 0x037726E8>
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "...\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\asyncio\proactor_events.py", line 116, in __del__
File "...\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\asyncio\proactor_events.py", line 108, in close
File "...\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\asyncio\base_events.py", line 711, in call_soon
File "...\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\asyncio\base_events.py", line 504, in _check_closed
RuntimeError: Event loop is closed


I know most people just ignore these errors since they don't really effect the code in an meaningfull way, but I'd like to have a clean program that doesn't produce any errors.

Version I'm using:

• Python: Python 3.8.0
• Pip: pip 19.2.3
• Discord.py: 2.5.0
• Aiohttp: 3.10.11

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