From 2a3d1c9040c543182f5feae39fcd73f62a7ac7cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@koston.org>
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2024 10:51:15 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] merge

---
 homeassistant/helpers/entity_platform.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/homeassistant/helpers/entity_platform.py b/homeassistant/helpers/entity_platform.py
index 3a441e75e84e..bbd7d3f4005b 100644
--- a/homeassistant/helpers/entity_platform.py
+++ b/homeassistant/helpers/entity_platform.py
@@ -641,7 +641,11 @@ class EntityPlatform:
     @callback
     def _async_handle_interval_callback(self, now: datetime) -> None:
         """Update all the entity states in a single platform."""
-        self.hass.async_create_task(self._update_entity_states(now), eager_start=True)
+        self.hass.async_create_periodic_task(
+            self._update_entity_states(now),
+            name=f"EntityPlatform poll {self.domain}.{self.platform_name}",
+            eager_start=True,
+        )
 
     def _entity_id_already_exists(self, entity_id: str) -> tuple[bool, bool]:
         """Check if an entity_id already exists.