Save a tast reference

Important: Save a reference of the created task,
to avoid a task disappearing mid-execution. The
event loop only keeps weak references to tasks.
A task that isn’t referenced elsewhere may get
garbage collected at any time, even before it’s
done. For reliable “fire-and-forget” background
tasks, gather them in a collection

app/src/gen3plus/solarman_v5.py

@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ class SolarmanV5(SolarmanBase):
         self.sensor_list = 0
         self.mb_regs = [{'addr': 0x3000, 'len': 48},
                         {'addr': 0x2000, 'len': 96}]
+        self.background_tasks = set()
 
     '''
     Our puplic methods
@@ -339,6 +340,7 @@ class SolarmanV5(SolarmanBase):
         self.inverter = None
         self.switch.clear()
         self.log_lvl.clear()
+        self.background_tasks.clear()
         super().close()
 
     def send_start_cmd(self, snr: int, host: str,
@@ -690,8 +692,10 @@ class SolarmanV5(SolarmanBase):
         self.__forward_msg()
 
     def publish_mqtt(self, key, data):  # pragma: no cover
-        asyncio.ensure_future(
+        task = asyncio.ensure_future(
             Proxy.mqtt.publish(key, data))
+        self.background_tasks.add(task)
+        task.add_done_callback(self.background_tasks.discard)
 
     def get_cmd_rsp_log_lvl(self) -> int:
         ftype = self.ifc.rx_peek()[self.header_len]

app/src/inverter_base.py

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class InverterBase(InverterIfc, Proxy):
             self.use_emulation = False
         self.__ha_restarts = -1
         self.remote = StreamPtr(None)
+        self.background_tasks = set()
         ifc = AsyncStreamServer(reader, writer,
                                 self.async_publ_mqtt,
                                 self.create_remote,
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ class InverterBase(InverterIfc, Proxy):
         if self.remote.ifc:
             self.remote.ifc.close()
             self.remote.ifc = None
+        self.background_tasks.clear()
 
     async def disc(self, shutdown_started=False) -> None:
         if self.remote.stream:
@@ -137,7 +139,10 @@ class InverterBase(InverterIfc, Proxy):
             logging.info(f'[{self.remote.stream.node_id}:'
                          f'{self.remote.stream.conn_no}] '
                          f'Connected to {addr}')
-            asyncio.create_task(self.remote.ifc.client_loop(addr))
+            task = asyncio.create_task(
+                self.remote.ifc.client_loop(addr))
+            self.background_tasks.add(task)
+            task.add_done_callback(self.background_tasks.discard)
 
         except (ConnectionRefusedError,
                 TimeoutError,