Comment by three14

Then someone should really update the official python docs that explain the fire-and-forget pattern (https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio-task.html#asyncio....)! I had a FastAPI server, and calling a particular endpoint is supposed to kick off some work in the background. The background work does very little CPU work, but does often need to await more work for several minutes, so it's a good fit for asyncio. How do you want it to be structured? (In other words, on the level of human requirements, it IS fire and forget.)