An error is thrown upon connection if you set debug to true:

wifi = adafruit_esp32spi_wifimanager.ESPSPI_WiFiManager(esp, secrets, None)
wifi.debug = True

File "adafruit_esp32spi/adafruit_esp32spi_wifimanager.py", line 108, in get
File "adafruit_esp32spi/adafruit_esp32spi_wifimanager.py", line 72, in connect
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'WL_IDLE_STATUS'

Also the status_pixel parameter is supposed to be optional, but it's not.