From 78f6cbf8ab70a4cbb955047e1ff941841b0c251e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Hopkins <adam@amhopkins.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2025 15:27:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Reset how loop grabbed in shutdown

---
 sanic/app.py            | 22 +++++++++++++++++-----
 sanic/server/runners.py |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sanic/app.py b/sanic/app.py
index 756656e383..6b6535232a 100644
--- a/sanic/app.py
+++ b/sanic/app.py
@@ -1882,7 +1882,10 @@ def purge_tasks(self) -> None:
         }
 
     def shutdown_tasks(
-        self, timeout: float | None = None, increment: float = 0.1
+        self,
+        timeout: float | None = None,
+        increment: float = 0.1,
+        loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop | None = None,
     ) -> None:
         """Cancel all tasks except the server task.
 
@@ -1897,6 +1900,8 @@ def shutdown_tasks(
                 to complete. Defaults to `None`.
             increment (float): The amount of time to wait between checks for
                 whether the tasks have completed. Defaults to `0.1`.
+            loop (Optional[asyncio.AbstractEventLoop]): The event loop to use
+                for waiting. If not provided, attempts to get the running loop.
         """
         for task in self.tasks:
             if task.get_name() != "RunServer":
@@ -1905,10 +1910,17 @@ def shutdown_tasks(
         if timeout is None:
             timeout = self.config.GRACEFUL_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT
 
-        while len(self._task_registry) and timeout:
-            with suppress(RuntimeError):
-                running_loop = get_running_loop()
-                running_loop.run_until_complete(asyncio.sleep(increment))
+        if loop is None:
+            try:
+                loop = get_running_loop()
+            except RuntimeError:
+                loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+
+        while self._task_registry and timeout > 0:
+            try:
+                loop.run_until_complete(asyncio.sleep(increment))
+            except RuntimeError:
+                pass
             self.purge_tasks()
             timeout -= increment
 
diff --git a/sanic/server/runners.py b/sanic/server/runners.py
index a3b963fde5..31c8b73a57 100644
--- a/sanic/server/runners.py
+++ b/sanic/server/runners.py
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ def _cleanup():
             loop.run_until_complete(asyncio.sleep(0.1))
             start_shutdown = start_shutdown + 0.1
 
-        app.shutdown_tasks(graceful - start_shutdown)
+        app.shutdown_tasks(graceful - start_shutdown, loop=loop)
 
         # Force close non-idle connection after waiting for
         # graceful_shutdown_timeout

From 7eaf9facce5c2c9add74ab21148de98c4e85e5a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Hopkins <adam@amhopkins.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 08:18:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update sanic/app.py

Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 sanic/app.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sanic/app.py b/sanic/app.py
index 6b6535232a..e4ed35dbe8 100644
--- a/sanic/app.py
+++ b/sanic/app.py
@@ -1914,7 +1914,7 @@ def shutdown_tasks(
             try:
                 loop = get_running_loop()
             except RuntimeError:
-                loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+                loop = asyncio.get_event_loop_policy().get_event_loop()
 
         while self._task_registry and timeout > 0:
             try: