From aad98ffc0570bfb997047d2ec9a8aead725fc228 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Milan Oberkirch | geOps <milan.oberkirch@geops.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 12:12:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Create loop in `get_event_loop` if needed

This fixes issue #702.
---
 uvloop/__init__.py | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/uvloop/__init__.py b/uvloop/__init__.py
index 638b874c..ca906cf4 100644
--- a/uvloop/__init__.py
+++ b/uvloop/__init__.py
@@ -203,10 +203,7 @@ def get_event_loop(self) -> _AbstractEventLoop:
             Returns an instance of EventLoop or raises an exception.
             """
             if self._local._loop is None:
-                raise RuntimeError(
-                    'There is no current event loop in thread %r.'
-                    % threading.current_thread().name
-                )
+                self._local._loop = self._loop_factory()
 
             return self._local._loop