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Async, synchronization, database, and locking deadlock scenarios.
Practice items tagged with Deadlocks.
Explain why awaiting while holding synchronization resources can create deadlocks, contention, or stalled workflows.
Investigate a production API slowdown caused by blocking async calls, thread-pool pressure, and dependency waits.
Finds circular lock acquisition and replaces timing-dependent nested locking with a stable order or a simpler ownership boundary.
Investigate deadlocks or starvation caused by blocking on async code with Result, Wait, or GetAwaiter().GetResult().