Use async_create_background_task for the songpal notification listener (#178000)

homeassistant/components/songpal/media_player.py

@@ -161,6 +161,11 @@ class SongpalEntity(MediaPlayerEntity):
         """Activate websocket for listening if wanted."""
         _LOGGER.debug("Activating websocket connection")
 
+        # Narrowed once here rather than at each call site: the entity is only
+        # ever added from async_setup_entry, so the platform always has an entry.
+        entry = self.platform.config_entry
+        assert entry is not None
+
         async def _volume_changed(volume: VolumeChange):
             _LOGGER.debug("Volume changed: %s", volume)
             self._volume = volume.volume
@@ -218,7 +223,11 @@ class SongpalEntity(MediaPlayerEntity):
                     # back from a disconnected state.
                     await self.async_update_ha_state(force_refresh=True)
 
-            self.hass.loop.create_task(self._dev.listen_notifications())
+            entry.async_create_background_task(
+                self.hass,
+                self._dev.listen_notifications(),
+                "songpal-listen-notifications",
+            )
             _LOGGER.warning(
                 "[%s(%s)] Connection reestablished", self.name, self._dev.endpoint
             )
@@ -234,7 +243,9 @@ class SongpalEntity(MediaPlayerEntity):
 
         self.hass.bus.async_listen_once(EVENT_HOMEASSISTANT_STOP, handle_stop)
 
-        self.hass.loop.create_task(self._dev.listen_notifications())
+        entry.async_create_background_task(
+            self.hass, self._dev.listen_notifications(), "songpal-listen-notifications"
+        )
 
     @property
     @override