AsyncClient() blocked event loop

[ClericPy]

import asyncio
import time
from httpx import AsyncClient


async def main():
    start = time.time()
    async_client = AsyncClient()
    #! here we see that creating AsyncClient() is blocking
    # Executing <Task pending name='Task-1' coro=<main() running at c:\apps\github\morebuiltins\temp4.py:18> cb=[_run_until_complete_cb() at c:\Users\apps\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\asyncio\base_events.py:181] created at c:\Users\apps\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\asyncio\runners.py:100> took 0.624 seconds
    print("create client:", round(time.time() - start, 6), flush=True)
    # create client: 0.6s, and this blocked event loop
    start = time.time()
    async with async_client as req:
        await req.get("https://httpbin.org/delay/1")

    # non-block init if
    # c = await asyncio.to_thread(AsyncClient)


# debug=True to see the blocking time
asyncio.run(main(), debug=True)

AsyncClient() itself is a synchronous function. Placing it inside an async def coroutine will block the main thread's event loop — you can see a warning by enabling asyncio's debug mode.

Currently, this problem is solved in two ways: either using asyncio.to_thread to avoid blocking during lazy initialization, or sharing the object after it has been asynchronously initialized.

Should there be an official, native solution to non-blockingly initialize it within an async def coroutine using the syntax async with AsyncClient() as client:?