Chapter 8: Asynchronous streams and resource management

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July 21, 2026

This chapter extends asynchronous processing to streams of values and resource lifetimes, enabling incremental consumption and correct asynchronous cleanup.

Topics covered

System.Threading.Channels and the producer/consumer pattern.
IAsyncEnumerable<T>, await foreach, and asynchronous iterators.
Stream cancellation, IAsyncDisposable, and await using.

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