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Bug #1122

Await Task.Delay(...) now compiles as a standalone statement

Status
Fixed
Fixed in
v26.8.4
Source discussion
https://forum.objo.dev/d/795-doc-error-for-delay
Last updated
2026-08-17

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The documented Await Task.Delay(Duration) example did not compile as a standalone statement. Writing Await Task.Delay(2.Seconds()) inside an Async method reported "Expression result is unused. Only calls, assignments, and New are valid as statements.", so users could not write the documented delay idiom and had to work around it with Var ignored As Task = Await Task.Delay(...). Await is now accepted as a standalone statement, matching the Async/Await specification.

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