Make eager_start default to True for async_create_background_task (#114996)

homeassistant/components/imap/coordinator.py

@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ class ImapPushDataUpdateCoordinator(ImapDataUpdateCoordinator):
     async def async_start(self) -> None:
         """Start coordinator."""
         self._push_wait_task = self.hass.async_create_background_task(
-            self._async_wait_push_loop(), "Wait for IMAP data push"
+            self._async_wait_push_loop(), "Wait for IMAP data push", eager_start=False
         )
 
     async def _async_wait_push_loop(self) -> None:

homeassistant/components/ollama/config_flow.py

@@ -149,7 +149,9 @@ class OllamaConfigFlow(ConfigFlow, domain=DOMAIN):
             # The task will block until the model and metadata are fully
             # downloaded.
             self.download_task = self.hass.async_create_background_task(
-                self.client.pull(self.model), f"Downloading {self.model}"
+                self.client.pull(self.model),
+                f"Downloading {self.model}",
+                eager_start=False,
             )
 
         if self.download_task.done():

homeassistant/components/zeroconf/__init__.py

@@ -432,6 +432,7 @@ class ZeroconfDiscovery:
                     zeroconf, async_service_info, service_type, name
                 ),
                 name=f"zeroconf lookup {name}.{service_type}",
+                eager_start=False,
             )
 
     async def _async_lookup_and_process_service_update(

homeassistant/core.py

@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ class HomeAssistant:
 
     @callback
     def async_create_background_task(
-        self, target: Coroutine[Any, Any, _R], name: str, eager_start: bool = False
+        self, target: Coroutine[Any, Any, _R], name: str, eager_start: bool = True
     ) -> asyncio.Task[_R]:
         """Create a task from within the event loop.