suspend/resume automatic connection does not work if wicd gui already open

Greetings,

There are some similar bugs, but not what I experience:
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/wicd/+bug/585266
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/wicd/+bug/411836
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/wicd/+bug/1245070

I'm on arch linux, using openbox. wicd works fine on suspend/resume *as long as it's not open.* If I've opened the gui for some reason and left it open, when I suspend/resume, it won't do anything. I have to catch that its open and then manually select my network.

Is this the intended/desired behavior?

If not, are there further details I can provide?

$ sudo pacman -Q |grep wicd
wicd 1.7.4-1
wicd-gtk 1.7.4-1

$ uname -a
Linux arch_zbook 4.8.13-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Dec 9 07:24:34 CET 2016 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ sudo cat /var/log/wicd/wicd.log ### last cycle

2017/01/15 08:48:45 :: Connecting to wireless network whammy
2017/01/15 08:48:46 :: Putting interface down
2017/01/15 08:48:46 :: Releasing DHCP leases...
2017/01/15 08:48:46 :: Setting false IP...
2017/01/15 08:48:46 :: Stopping wpa_supplicant
2017/01/15 08:48:46 :: Flushing the routing table...
2017/01/15 08:48:46 :: Putting interface up...
2017/01/15 08:48:48 :: Generating psk...
2017/01/15 08:48:48 :: Attempting to authenticate...
2017/01/15 08:48:49 :: Running DHCP with NO hostname
2017/01/15 08:48:58 ::
2017/01/15 08:48:58 :: DHCP connection successful
2017/01/15 08:48:58 :: not verifying
2017/01/15 08:48:58 :: Connecting thread exiting.
2017/01/15 08:48:58 :: Sending connection attempt result success
2017/01/15 14:32:21 :: Connecting to wireless network whammy
2017/01/15 14:32:22 :: Putting interface down
2017/01/15 14:32:22 :: Releasing DHCP leases...
2017/01/15 14:32:22 :: Setting false IP...
2017/01/15 14:32:22 :: Stopping wpa_supplicant
2017/01/15 14:32:22 :: Flushing the routing table...
2017/01/15 14:32:22 :: Putting interface up...
2017/01/15 14:32:24 :: Generating psk...
2017/01/15 14:32:24 :: Attempting to authenticate...
2017/01/15 14:32:25 :: Running DHCP with NO hostname
2017/01/15 14:32:31 ::
2017/01/15 14:32:31 :: DHCP connection successful
2017/01/15 14:32:31 :: not verifying
2017/01/15 14:32:31 :: Connecting thread exiting.
2017/01/15 14:32:32 :: Sending connection attempt result success
2017/01/15 14:41:26 :: trying to load backend external
2017/01/15 14:41:26 :: trying to load backend ioctl
2017/01/15 14:41:26 :: WARNING: python-iwscan not found, falling back to using iwlist scan.
2017/01/15 14:41:26 :: WARNING: python-wpactrl not found, falling back to using wpa_cli.