From 0f414d8ac58058dee4ce154e97d9b151e5e90332 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@koston.org>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 07:43:59 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure HKC debounced availability poll does not block startup
 (#113130)

---
 homeassistant/components/homekit_controller/connection.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/homeassistant/components/homekit_controller/connection.py b/homeassistant/components/homekit_controller/connection.py
index b7bc40479cf..883ec4f1a44 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/homekit_controller/connection.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/homekit_controller/connection.py
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ class HKDevice:
             cooldown=DEBOUNCE_COOLDOWN,
             immediate=False,
             function=self.async_update,
+            background=True,
         )
 
         self._availability_callbacks: set[CALLBACK_TYPE] = set()