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advanced patterns with async/await in a nested Promise scenario in Node.js

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I'm performance testing and I'm collaborating on a project where I've been banging my head against this for hours. I'm working with an scenario where my async/await logic isn't behaving as expected when dealing with nested Promises in Node.js. I have a function that retrieves user data from a database, and then for each user, it fetches their associated posts. My implementation looks like this: ```javascript const getUserData = async (userId) => { const user = await db.findUserById(userId); const posts = await getPostsByUserId(userId); return { user, posts }; }; const getAllUsersData = async () => { const users = await db.findAllUsers(); const usersData = []; for (const user of users) { const data = await getUserData(user.id); usersData.push(data); } return usersData; }; ``` When I call `getAllUsersData()`, it sometimes throws an behavior: `UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: behavior: want to read properties of undefined (reading 'id')`. I have verified that the `findAllUsers` function returns an array of users, and each user has a valid `id`. I suspect the scenario might be with how I'm handling the async calls in the loop. I've tried wrapping the `getUserData` invocation in a try-catch block, but it still fails intermittently, leading to unhandled promise rejections. Hereโ€™s what Iโ€™ve tried so far: - Iโ€™ve added console logs to check the output of `findAllUsers()` and ensured itโ€™s returning the expected objects. - I ensured that `getPostsByUserId` is also an async function and properly returning data. - I've tried using `Promise.all()` instead of the for loop, but then I ran into issues with maintaining the order of results. Iโ€™m using Node.js version 14.17.0. Any insights on what might be going wrong or any suggestions for refactoring this to avoid the behavior would be greatly appreciated! For context: I'm using Javascript on Ubuntu. Any feedback is welcome!