The Truth About “Cancelling” Async/Await: You’re Mostly Just Ignoring Results

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/the-truth-about-cancelling-asyncawait-youre-mostly-just-ignoring-results. JavaScript can’t truly cancel async/await work—most “cancellation” just stops waiting. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #javascript, #tutorial, #concurrency, #cancel-async-await, #cancel-promise-javascript, #abortcontroller-js, #abortsignal, #promise-cancellation, and more. This story was written by: @hacker5295744. Learn more about this writer by checking @hacker5295744's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. JavaScript can’t truly cancel async/await work—most “cancellation” just stops waiting.