FastAPI async-patterns recommended
Never Block the Async Event Loop
Never use blocking operations in async endpoints. Blocking calls like time.sleep(), requests.get(), or synchronous database queries will block the entire event loop.
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Read time
- 1 min read
- Version
- v1.0.0
- Confidence
- established
- Last updated
Quick Reference
Never use blocking operations in async endpoints. Blocking calls like time.sleep(), requests.get(), or synchronous database queries will block the entire event loop.
Never Block the Async Event Loop
Never use blocking operations in async endpoints. Blocking calls like time.sleep(), requests.get(), or synchronous database queries will block the entire event loop.