So python asyncio only has weak refs to tasks in the event loop...

gistfile1.txt

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import asyncio
from asyncio import Task
import contextvars
from typing import Any, Coroutine, TypeVar

T = TypeVar("T")

ALL_TASKS: set[Task[Any]] = set()

original_create_task = asyncio.create_task

def sane_create_task(
    coro: Coroutine[T, Any, Any],
    *,
    name: str | None = None,
    context: contextvars.Context | None = None
) -> asyncio.Task[T]:
    new_task = original_create_task(coro, name=name, context=context)
    def remove_task_from_master_set(task: Task[Any]) -> None:
        ALL_TASKS.remove(task)
    new_task.add_done_callback(remove_task_from_master_set)
    ALL_TASKS.add(new_task)
    return new_task

asyncio.create_task = sane_create_task