From 91c59a3132670cf904754bb1696de51dc1a3e063 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zariiii9003 <52598363+zariiii9003@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2025 00:00:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] keep a reference to asyncio tasks

---
 can/notifier.py               | 7 +++++--
 doc/changelog.d/1938.fixed.md | 1 +
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 doc/changelog.d/1938.fixed.md

diff --git a/can/notifier.py b/can/notifier.py
index b2f550df7..a2ee512fc 100644
--- a/can/notifier.py
+++ b/can/notifier.py
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._lock = threading.Lock()
 
         self._readers: list[Union[int, threading.Thread]] = []
+        self._tasks: set[asyncio.Task] = set()
         _bus_list: list[BusABC] = bus if isinstance(bus, list) else [bus]
         for each_bus in _bus_list:
             self.add_bus(each_bus)
@@ -256,8 +257,10 @@ def _on_message_received(self, msg: Message) -> None:
         for callback in self.listeners:
             res = callback(msg)
             if res and self._loop and asyncio.iscoroutine(res):
-                # Schedule coroutine
-                self._loop.create_task(res)
+                # Schedule coroutine and keep a reference to the task
+                task = self._loop.create_task(res)
+                self._tasks.add(task)
+                task.add_done_callback(self._tasks.discard)
 
     def _on_error(self, exc: Exception) -> bool:
         """Calls ``on_error()`` for all listeners if they implement it.
diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/1938.fixed.md b/doc/changelog.d/1938.fixed.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f9aad1089
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/1938.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Keep a reference to asyncio tasks in `can.Notifier` as recommended by [python documentation](https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio-task.html#asyncio.create_task).