fix(core): prevent async task garbage collection (RUF006)

[Paul (MirrorDNA-Reflection-Protocol)]

PR Title: fix(core): prevent async task garbage collection (RUF006)

Description

This PR addresses a cryptic issue (flagged by Ruff rule RUF006) where asyncio tasks created via loop.create_task could be garbage collected mid-execution because no strong reference was maintained.

In libs/core/langchain_core/language_models/llms.py, the retry decorator's _before_sleep hook creates a fire-and-forget task for logging/callbacks. If the garbage collector runs before this task completes, the task may be destroyed, leading to silent failures.

Changes

• Introduced a module-level set _background_tasks to hold strong references to running tasks.
• Updated _before_sleep to add new tasks to this set.
• Added a done_callback to remove the task from the set upon completion, preventing memory leaks.

Verification

• Verified logic with a standalone script to ensure tasks are added/removed from the set correctly.
• This is a standard pattern recommended in the Python asyncio documentation.

Checklist

• I have read the contributing guidelines.
• I have run tests locally (logic verification).

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CodSpeed Performance Report

Merging #34238 will not alter performance

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Summary

✅ 13 untouched
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Footnotes

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Pull request overview

This PR fixes a potential async task garbage collection issue (flagged by Ruff rule RUF006) in the retry decorator's callback handling. The fix introduces a module-level set to maintain strong references to fire-and-forget tasks, preventing them from being prematurely garbage collected during execution.

Key Changes:

• Introduced _background_tasks set to hold strong references to running async tasks
• Modified task creation in _before_sleep to register tasks with the tracking set
• Added cleanup callback using add_done_callback to prevent memory leaks

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The type annotation for _background_tasks is incomplete. Since asyncio.Task is a generic type, it should include a type parameter. Consider using set[asyncio.Task[Any]] to properly type-hint the set of tasks with their return types.