Unfortunately, there are problems with both of those approaches: https://github.com/davidfowl/AspNetCoreDiagnosticScenarios/blob/master/AsyncGuidance.md#avoid-u

Unfortunately, there are problems with both of those approaches: https://github.com/davidfowl/AspNetCoreDiagnosticScenarios/blob/master/AsyncGuidance.md#avoid-using-taskresult-and-taskwait https://github.com/davidfowl/AspNetCoreDiagnosticScenarios/b... I don't know if it extends to other language implementations, but C# does not seem to have a reliable sync-over-async story.