Start ensure_future once on multiple workers

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How would I go about properly running ensure_future only once on a function/coroutine in a starlette + uvicorn combo that uses --workers in uvicorn

Currently I am using the starlette startup event to execute asyncio.ensure_future() on a function that loops grabbing exchange rates from a HTTP API, and if --workers is 8, then i believe it creates 8 of these loops which isnt ideal

How would I go about sharing this loops data with all of them/only executing it once between them all

Is there not an easy solution to this problem?

I suppose I could create a new process specifically for this data that updates it in mongodb and have them all grab it from there, but kind of a lame solution.

Thanks for any time spent reading or replying to my problem!

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