thread does not work the way I thought it did in Odin

http.odin

@@ -204,14 +204,14 @@ server_start :: proc(server: ^Server) -> bool {
 		conn_data.conn = conn
 		conn_data.source = source
 
-		// Spawn a new thread for this connection
-		t := thread.create(connection_worker_thread)
-		if t != nil {
-			//t.init_context = context // We dont actually need need to share the main threads context
-			t.data = conn_data
-			thread.start(t)
-		} else {
-			// Failed to create thread, close connection
+		// Spawn with self_cleanup, thread resources are freed automatically on exit
+		t := thread.create_and_start_with_data(
+			conn_data,
+			connection_worker,
+			self_cleanup = true,
+		)
+
+		if t == nil {
 			net.close(conn)
 			free(conn_data, server.allocator)
 		}
@@ -230,11 +230,9 @@ server_stop :: proc(server: ^Server) {
 	}
 }
 
-// Worker thread procedure
-connection_worker_thread :: proc(t: ^thread.Thread) {
-	defer thread.destroy(t)
-
-	conn_data := cast(^Connection_Task_Data)t.data
+// Spawn connection worker with rawptr instead of a new thread
+connection_worker :: proc(data: rawptr) {
+	conn_data := cast(^Connection_Task_Data)data
 	defer free(conn_data, conn_data.server.allocator)
 
 	handle_connection(conn_data.server, conn_data.conn, conn_data.source)