From f9956cde1eae68c2dcd3c4e72abdba6bdf024d35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nikhil Rao <nikhil@pynecone.io>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 23:47:07 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix blocking events (#1198)

---
 pynecone/app.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pynecone/app.py b/pynecone/app.py
index 26b3dcb09..c01ceefa1 100644
--- a/pynecone/app.py
+++ b/pynecone/app.py
@@ -662,7 +662,9 @@ class EventNamespace(AsyncNamespace):
         # Process the events.
         async for update in process(self.app, event, sid, headers, client_ip):
             # Emit the event.
-            await self.emit(str(constants.SocketEvent.EVENT), update.json(), to=sid)  # type: ignore
+            await asyncio.create_task(
+                self.emit(str(constants.SocketEvent.EVENT), update.json(), to=sid)
+            )
 
     async def on_ping(self, sid):
         """Event for testing the API endpoint.