Goroutine started on init() function

[adrianlzt]

Describe the bug
In this init() function a gorouting is fired.

This looks like an strange behaviour for a lib, because any program importing this lib will have your goroutine running.
Found looking for a problem in Telegraf: influxdata/telegraf#5612

[aarondl]

Found this goroutine running during my tests today. This strikes me as extremely bad practice to start unwanted goroutines no matter how "cheap" they are. If the package requires a Goroutine to run, starting it should be part of the public API that users have to start themselves.

[ncw]

Likewise importing these google APIs will also start the mystery go routine

• google.golang.org/api/drive/v2
• google.golang.org/api/drive/v3
• google.golang.org/api/storage/v1

[mholt]

I can't explain how, but I believe this goroutine has a serious bug causing the CPU to spin, and somehow blocking program start. Reported in: #1200

[james-lawrence]

agreed this should not be happening. i had to investigate wtf the library was and whether it posed a security risk to my application.