asyncio doesn't store strong references to tasks. It is your responsibility to keep the ref: https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio-task.html#asyncio.create_

asyncio doesn't store strong references to tasks. It is your responsibility to keep the ref: https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio-task.html#asyncio.create_task https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio-task.html#asyncio.... Consider organizing the code using TaskGroup.