Can't be run outside of scope?

[dzpt]

Why you have to bind it to a route? RuntimeError: This decorator can only be used at local scopes when a request context is on the stack. For instance within view functions.

[iedmrc]

Same here:

    "This decorator can only be used at local scopes "
RuntimeError: This decorator can only be used at local scopes when a request context is on the stack.  For instance within view functions.

[t4skforce]

You actually can run outside of a route. Ugly but works

with app.test_request_context():
    executor.submit(...)

[dchevell]

Wouldn't call that ugly, I'd call that the standard expectation for every Flask extension. Could add some kind of workaround parameter but there are enough "how do I run Flask-related things outside of a request context?" questions on the internet that I'm not convinced a bespoke solution is warranted.