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+#   Copyright 2020-present Michael Hall
+#
+#   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#   limitations under the License.
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+from collections.abc import Coroutine, Generator
+from contextvars import Context
+from types import TracebackType
+from typing import Any, Self, TypeAlias, TypeVar
+
+_T = TypeVar("_T")
+_CoroutineLike: TypeAlias = Generator[Any, None, _T] | Coroutine[Any, Any, _T]
+
+
+__all__ = ["BGTasks"]
+
+
+class BGTasks:
+    """An intentionally dumber task group"""
+
+    def __init__(self, exit_timeout: float | None) -> None:
+        self._tasks: set[asyncio.Task[Any]] = set()
+        self._exit_timeout: float | None = exit_timeout
+
+    def create_task(self, coro: _CoroutineLike[_T], *, name: str | None = None, context: Context | None = None) -> Any:
+        t = asyncio.create_task(coro)
+        self._tasks.add(t)
+        t.add_done_callback(self._tasks.discard)
+        return t
+
+    async def __aenter__(self: Self) -> Self:
+        return self
+
+    async def __aexit__(self, exc_type: type[Exception], exc: Exception, tb: TracebackType):
+        _done, _pending = await asyncio.wait(self._tasks, timeout=self._exit_timeout)
+        for task in _pending:
+            task.cancel()