From 313f97ac77f4dd9a32670086f74e24ae40f5abe5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Hopkins <admhpkns@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2022 11:22:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Only display MOTD in ASGI on startup (#2349)

---
 sanic/app.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sanic/app.py b/sanic/app.py
index ec35ee77..97c7a177 100644
--- a/sanic/app.py
+++ b/sanic/app.py
@@ -1728,7 +1728,8 @@ class Sanic(BaseSanic, metaclass=TouchUpMeta):
         details: https://asgi.readthedocs.io/en/latest
         """
         self.asgi = True
-        self.motd("")
+        if scope["type"] == "lifespan":
+            self.motd("")
         self._asgi_app = await ASGIApp.create(self, scope, receive, send)
         asgi_app = self._asgi_app
         await asgi_app()