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Python asyncio Errors: "coroutine was never awaited", Blocking the Event Loop, gather and Cancellation

Self-Hosting & Infra intermediate 7 min read $0.01 Updated 2026-10-20

Tested asyncio fixes: never-awaited coroutines, asyncio.run inside a running loop, blocking calls and slow-callback warnings, gather versus return_exceptions, wait_for timeouts, Semaphore limits and CancelledError handling.

Async Python fails quietly: coroutines that never run, one time.sleep freezing every task, gather swallowing errors, and runaway concurrency. Diagnose each with debug mode and fix with tested patterns.

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