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2026-04-25 csharp dotnet dotnet-11

How to use Channels instead of BlockingCollection in C#

System.Threading.Channels is the async-first replacement for BlockingCollection in .NET 11. This guide shows how to migrate, how to choose bounded vs unbounded, and how to handle backpressure, cancellation, and graceful shutdown without deadlocking.

2026-04-23 csharp dotnet dotnet-11

How to cancel a long-running Task in C# without deadlocking

Cooperative cancellation with CancellationToken, CancelAsync, Task.WaitAsync, and linked tokens in .NET 11. Plus the blocking patterns that turn a clean cancel into a deadlock.

2026-04-06 dotnet-11 csharp async

.NET 11 Runtime Async Replaces State Machines with Cleaner Stack Traces

Runtime Async in .NET 11 moves async/await handling from compiler-generated state machines into the runtime itself, producing readable stack traces, correct breakpoints, and fewer heap allocations.