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31626	Add asgi support to runserver	Joshua Massover	nobody	"Previous conversation about this ticket can be found on the [https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/adding-asgi-support-to-runserver/2446 django forum]

It would be great to add an `asgi` flag such that runserver will ""just work"" with ASGI. eg.

`./manage.py runserver --asgi`

The 4 options I've thought of are the following:

1. Update runserver in django in a way that keeps the daphne import optional.
2. Add daphne as a dependency to django and update runserver.
3. Maintain a separate django app that holds the command that integrates daphne with runserver. Reference the app in asgi section of the django documentation.
4. Add the commands to the daphne repository, perhaps allowing us to add daphne as an installed app so the command is discovered, and reference this in the asgi section of the django documentation.

I have an [https://github.com/django/django/pull/12969 initial pr] for (1). This code depends on #31594. 
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