From 166910f587f91c5bd468df28644ce124211e611d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@koston.org>
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2024 09:53:50 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] Make eager_start default to True for
 async_create_background_task (#114996)

---
 homeassistant/components/imap/coordinator.py   | 2 +-
 homeassistant/components/ollama/config_flow.py | 4 +++-
 homeassistant/components/zeroconf/__init__.py  | 1 +
 homeassistant/core.py                          | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/homeassistant/components/imap/coordinator.py b/homeassistant/components/imap/coordinator.py
index 997bff13534..59ceb2b3b3d 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/imap/coordinator.py
+++ b/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:
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/ollama/config_flow.py b/homeassistant/components/ollama/config_flow.py
index 50d0667803f..4c59a38bfe0 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/ollama/config_flow.py
+++ b/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():
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/zeroconf/__init__.py b/homeassistant/components/zeroconf/__init__.py
index 66c41c19474..5ebe1bb769e 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/zeroconf/__init__.py
+++ b/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(
diff --git a/homeassistant/core.py b/homeassistant/core.py
index 7e09363178d..aa3b5c8434f 100644
--- a/homeassistant/core.py
+++ b/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.