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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
@@ -553,6 +553,9 @@ Optimizations
   replacement strings containing group references by 2--3 times.
   (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :gh:`91524`.)
 
+* Speed up :class:`asyncio.Task` creation by deferring expensive string formatting.
+  (Contributed by Itamar O in :gh:`103793`.)
+
 
 CPython bytecode changes
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2023-04-24-14-38-16.gh-issue-103793.kqoH6Q.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2023-04-24-14-38-16.gh-issue-103793.kqoH6Q.rst
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+Optimized asyncio Task creation by deferring expensive string formatting
+(task name generation) from Task creation to the first time `get_name` is
+called. This makes asyncio benchmarks up to 5% faster.