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Async Gotcha #2: Async Void

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Mar 16, 2026
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Welcome to a new series of "async gotchas"! This second video covers what most developer have heard: "avoid async void". But why? And if it's bad, why is it in the language at all? Links with more information: - MSDN article "Async Best Practices", specifically "Avoid Async Void": https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/msdn-magazine/2013/march/async-await-best-practices-in-asynchronous-programming?WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-5000058#avoid-async-void

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