Unexpected Behavior with Async Method Awaiting in C# - Completing Before Task is Done
Could someone explain I'm relatively new to this, so bear with me..... I'm collaborating on a project where I've searched everywhere and can't find a clear answer... I'm experiencing unexpected behavior when using async/await in my C# application. I have a method that processes data asynchronously, but it seems to complete before the awaited task is fully finished, causing some of my results to be missing or incorrect. Here's a simplified version of my code: ```csharp public async Task<List<string>> FetchDataAsync(List<int> ids) { var results = new List<string>(); foreach (var id in ids) { var result = await GetDataAsync(id); results.Add(result); } return results; } private async Task<string> GetDataAsync(int id) { await Task.Delay(1000); // Simulating a network call return "Data for " + id; } ``` When I call `FetchDataAsync` from my main method, I do this: ```csharp public static async Task Main(string[] args) { var ids = new List<int> { 1, 2, 3 }; var data = await FetchDataAsync(ids); Console.WriteLine(string.Join(", ", data)); } ``` However, when I run this code, I sometimes get results like "Data for 1, Data for 2" without the third entry, or even see no output at all. I checked for exceptions, but none are thrown. My project is targeting .NET 6.0, and Iām using Visual Studio 2022. I've also tried wrapping my calls in try/catch blocks, but that hasn't yielded any new insights. What could be causing this behavior? Could it be related to how I'm awaiting the tasks, or is there something else I need to consider? My development environment is Ubuntu. I'm using C# 3.11 in this project. This issue appeared after updating to C# latest. What's the correct way to implement this? I'm working with C# in a Docker container on Ubuntu 20.04. Any ideas how to fix this? This is happening in both development and production on Linux. Am I missing something obvious? I'm using C# 3.11 in this project. I've been using C# for about a year now.