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Async Contract Mismatch

async-contract-mismatch

Async boundaries fail when awaited/coroutine-returning functions don’t match expected context or lifecycle contracts—handlers time out, mocks don’t implement async context managers, and requests/fallbacks silently degrade into pending states.

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Updated6/30/2026

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Load the async user data with a Suspense-compatible async pattern (e.g., using `leo-query`’s `query`/`subscribe`) so the component waits until `currentUser` is available before rendering.

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handle a scenario when the code is fine but backend went offline — prefetching data with usePrefetchQuery. Tension: prefetch works.

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Mock axios.get and await the assertion with waitFor()

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Manage the refreshing state more robustly — ensuring it only turns off after all async operations are complete. Tension: remove the arbitrary timeout. Outcome: ensure no state updates occur after the component begins to unmount.

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myEndpoint must return a Promise — Please note, that above method is synchronous just to check if that makes difference, but it is not. Tension: my template is keep displaying "Loading..".

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And HTTP Client errors (if you're using `HttpClient` or `HttpClientFactory`) — On ASP.NET Core. Tension: you just need to opt-in. Outcome: options.CaptureFailedRequests = true;.

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delete the async from `fake_execute` — your `AsyncContextMock` needs to handle both use cases in your endpoint `await conn.execute()` and `async with conn.execute()`. Outcome: just make it a regular function so it returns your context manager directly, no coroutine wrapper.

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single worker running async loop. Outcome: So you have a single worker running async loop and you block that loop.

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If you convert all operations to perform asynchronously (using `aiosqlite`) , the issue will be mitigated. — When a route in FastAPI is listed as asynchronous (`async def`). Tension: that doesn't fully solve the inherent single writer problem of Sqlite. Outcome: Here's a fully operational update of the FastAPI server logic:.

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mock_client.update_one = AsyncMock(return_value=AsyncMock(matched_count=1, modified_count=1)). Outcome: Here the minimal code to make your example works.

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Move the persistence/cleanup logic into code that runs at the end of the background task (or otherwise extend lifecycle explicitly for the background task), rather than relying on the request-scoped `asynccontextmanager` teardown for those updates.

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You need to install helper packages, such as `anyio` or `pytest-asyncio`. — Async fixtures do not work out of the box. Tension: NB. Use pytest_asyncio.fixture NOT pytest.fixture. Outcome: Example.

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Change the engine async fixture from session scope to function scope (remove scope="session") so all async fixtures/tests run on the same event loop, preventing the cross-loop Future/Task error.

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using `magicmock` to mock it could lead to unusual or unexpected behavior when checking for call counts — Since `get_item` might be an asynchronous function in your middleware. Tension: using `magicmock` to mock it could lead to unusual or unexpected behavior. Outcome: which is designed to work with async functions.

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use `pytest_asyncio` and the async fixture — If you don't want to utilize an `AsyncClient` like the one by `httpx`. Tension: ensuring that the FastAPI app's lifespan context correctly works.

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any time you have an I/O bound process with lots of idle time — waiting for user input, waiting for a TLS handshake. Tension: wrapping it in an async task can let other code run.

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a way to do that is an async function. Tension: first awaits `initialize payment` and then awaits the `handlePay`.

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bound it with a "progress ceiling" — a process emitting bytes but making NO semantic progress. Tension: a process emitting bytes but making NO semantic progress (livelock) would be shielded forever. Outcome: re-arms recovery after a long no-progress window even while bytes flow.

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implementing this retry behavior all over the place — axiosInstance.js. Tension: handle the retry logic. Outcome: you could try using a response interceptor to abstract and handle the retry logic.

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An async function was passed to useActionState.

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Or you can use `async/await` and `try/catch` — createAsyncThunk. Outcome: return data.

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case "CallbackRouteError": return { error: "Invalid credentials!" } — in my `login.ts` server action in the switch case clause. Tension: to return the correct errors. Outcome: bypass this error.

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Use asynchronous sending with callbacks. — If you're using KafkaTemplate.send() without handling the ListenableFuture returned. Tension: you're effectively blocking the calling thread until the message is acknowledged by the Kafka broker. Outcome: The addCallback method allows you to execute code when the send operation succeeds or fails, without blocking the main thread.

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catch(TimeoutException | UnhandledAlertException e) — I was able to make the test pass with this code. Tension: I have to wait 160 seconds for the timeout to be thrown. Outcome: result = true;.

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Rewrite the test as an async test and run it with an async test runner (e.g., pytest.mark.asyncio), using await on the async ORM methods (acreate/acount) instead of asyncio.run().

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the goroutine blocks forever on the channel send because nobody is reading — When the parent context is cancelled, the goroutine blocks forever on the channel send because nobody is reading. Tension: if the result is ready at the exact moment the context cancels, which case fires?

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Use Component.Task (TaskSource) for all async work inside components — inside components. Tension: it auto-cancels when the component is destroyed.

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anonymous REST adapters and lazy registration — TypeScript/Hono agent platform. Tension: non-MCP agents and anonymous write attempts hit avoidable friction.

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Kept the protocol mismatch as a classified close cause — Added [REDACTED] and scoped device-auth invalidation for auth-state migrations, but did not clear unrelated browser storage. Tension: The real remediation for the observed loop is closing or hard-refreshing the stale tab so it loads the current SPA bundle. Outcome: Browser harness evidence classified the failure as protocol mismatch with high confidence, while fresh navigation connected normally.

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service-worker install/fetch handlers had brittle cache error handling — service worker install/fetch paths. Tension: brittle cache error handling. Outcome: tolerant precache and explicit offline responses.

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