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Summary

  • pool linked cancellation sources through Reservoir
  • use CancellationTokenSource.CancelAfter for the system-time path while preserving custom TimeProvider timers
  • bypass the async state machine when downstream completes synchronously

Performance

TimeoutBenchmarks default run on .NET 10.0.11:

Before After Polly
Happy path 131.5 ns 107.5 ns 125.7 ns
Allocated 168 B 0 B 0 B

Kevlar improves 18.3% from baseline and runs 14.5% faster than Polly on this machine.

Composed pipeline default runs remain allocation-free:

Pipeline Kevlar Polly
Timeout + retry + circuit breaker 203.7 ns, 0 B 386.3 ns, 48 B
Five-strategy chain 311.3 ns, 0 B 549.2 ns, 88 B

Validation

  • dotnet build Kevlar.slnx -c Release
  • 272 core tests passed
  • 6 analyzer tests passed
  • 16 integration tests passed
  • BenchmarkDotNet dry, ShortRun, and default runs passed

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  • Reliability
    • Improved timeout handling across synchronous and asynchronous operations.
    • Prevented delayed timer callbacks from affecting later executions.
    • Ensured reliable cancellation cleanup when timeout setup encounters an error.
    • Added support for consistent behavior with system and custom time providers.
    • Preserved consistent timeout outcomes after cleanup.

Reuse timeout cancellation sources and bypass the async state machine when downstream completes synchronously. Preserve custom TimeProvider scheduling.\n\nCloses #2
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The timeout strategy now selects pooled or linked cancellation sources by time provider, handles setup failures, and centralizes cleanup for synchronous and asynchronous completion. Tests cover stale timer callbacks and cleanup after timer creation failures.

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Execution and timeout setup
src/Kevlar/Strategies/Timeout/TimeoutStrategy.cs, tests/Kevlar.Tests/TimeoutEdgeCaseTests.cs
ExecuteAsync selects pooled sources for the system time provider and linked sources for custom providers. It guards timeout setup and disposes resources after synchronous failures. Tests cover queued callbacks and timer setup exceptions.
Completion cleanup and outcome handling
src/Kevlar/Strategies/Timeout/TimeoutStrategy.cs
Asynchronous completion uses shared cleanup. Cleanup restores the prior token, disposes timers and cancellation sources, detects timeout cancellation, and preserves timeout outcome processing.

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to b9bf8

Pooling cancellation sources may allow a late custom timer callback to cancel a source after it has been reused by another operation, causing premature or unrelated timeouts. The change should not merge until this bounded correctness risk is fixed or explicitly accepted.

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Pooled sources keep the path light.
Sync or async, clean and neat,
Tokens restored when tasks complete.
Stale callbacks lose their bite.
Squeak—resources end right!

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly describes the main change: removing allocations from the timeout happy path.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The implementation pools cancellation sources and removes timeout happy-path allocations, meeting issue #2 objectives.
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The PR optimizes timeout execution to avoid happy-path allocations while retaining separate handling for custom time providers.

  • Pools linked cancellation sources for system-time execution.
  • Bypasses the async state machine when downstream execution completes synchronously.
  • Centralizes timer disposal, token restoration, and timeout-source cleanup.
  • Adds edge-case coverage for queued custom timer callbacks and timer setup failures.

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Filename Overview
src/Kevlar/Strategies/Timeout/TimeoutStrategy.cs Introduces pooled system-time cancellation sources, a synchronous completion fast path, and centralized cleanup without an eligible new follow-up finding.
tests/Kevlar.Tests/TimeoutEdgeCaseTests.cs Adds regression coverage for stale custom timer callbacks and disposal after timer setup failure.

Sequence Diagram

sequenceDiagram
    participant Caller
    participant Timeout as TimeoutStrategy
    participant Pool as CTS Pool
    participant Next as Downstream
    Caller->>Timeout: ExecuteAsync
    Timeout->>Pool: RentLinked(priorToken)
    Timeout->>Timeout: CancelAfter(timeout)
    Timeout->>Next: InvokeAsync(context)
    alt Completed synchronously
        Next-->>Timeout: Completed outcome
        Timeout->>Pool: Cleanup and dispose
        Timeout-->>Caller: Handled outcome
    else Completion pending
        Next-->>Timeout: Pending ValueTask
        Timeout->>Timeout: Await completion
        Timeout->>Pool: Cleanup and dispose
        Timeout-->>Caller: Handled outcome
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Comment on lines +106 to +108
timer?.Dispose();
var timedOut = timeoutSource.IsCancellationRequested && !priorToken.IsCancellationRequested;
timeoutSource.Dispose();

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P1 Badge Delay pooling until custom timer callbacks finish

When a custom TimeProvider timer callback has already started concurrently, timer.Dispose() does not guarantee that callback has finished before timeoutSource.Dispose() returns the source to the Reservoir pool. The callback can then resume and call Cancel() after that source has been rented by another execution, spuriously cancelling unrelated work; the existing ObjectDisposedException guard no longer protects this case because a reset pooled source is usable again. Keep custom-timer sources out of the pool, or prevent reuse until the callback is known to have completed.

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In `@src/Kevlar/Strategies/Timeout/TimeoutStrategy.cs`:
- Around line 28-52: Move the timeout setup calls in TimeoutStrategy around the
existing protected cleanup path so exceptions from
CancellationTokenSource.CancelAfter or TimeProvider.CreateTimer dispose the
rented timeoutSource. Preserve normal timer behavior and ensure cleanup also
covers failures before execution begins.
- Around line 37-50: Update the timer lifecycle in TimeoutStrategy and its
cleanup path so queued timer callbacks cannot access timeoutSource after it is
returned to Reservoir; synchronize callback execution with disposal/reset, and
return the CancellationTokenSource to the pool only after any in-flight or
queued callback has finished.
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Comment on lines +28 to +52
var timeoutSource = CancellationTokenSourcePool.Shared.RentLinked(priorToken);
ITimer? timer = null;

if (ReferenceEquals(context.TimeProvider, TimeProvider.System))
{
timeoutSource.CancelAfter(_timeout);
}
else
{
timer = context.TimeProvider.CreateTimer(
static state =>
{
// The execution completed and disposed the source while the timer was firing.
}
},
timeoutSource,
_timeout,
System.Threading.Timeout.InfiniteTimeSpan);
try
{
((CancellationTokenSource)state!).Cancel();
}
catch (ObjectDisposedException)
{
// The execution completed and disposed the source while the timer was firing.
}
},
timeoutSource,
_timeout,
System.Threading.Timeout.InfiniteTimeSpan);
}

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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For .NET 10, under which conditions do CancellationTokenSource.CancelAfter(TimeSpan) and TimeProvider.CreateTimer throw exceptions?

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In.NET 10, both CancellationTokenSource.CancelAfter(TimeSpan) and TimeProvider.CreateTimer throw exceptions under specific conditions related to object state and input validation. CancellationTokenSource.CancelAfter(TimeSpan) throws: 1. ObjectDisposedException: If the CancellationTokenSource instance has already been disposed [1][2]. 2. ArgumentOutOfRangeException: If the provided TimeSpan delay's TotalMilliseconds is less than -1 or greater than the maximum allowed timer duration (typically Int32.MaxValue) [1][2]. TimeProvider.CreateTimer throws: 1. ArgumentNullException: If the callback parameter is null [3][4]. 2. ArgumentOutOfRangeException: If the number of milliseconds in the value of dueTime or period is negative (and not equal to Timeout.Infinite) or is greater than Int32.MaxValue [3][5].

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Dispose the rented source when timeout setup fails.

TimeoutOptions only requires a positive TimeSpan, so _timeout can exceed the Int32.MaxValue millisecond limit enforced by CancellationTokenSource.CancelAfter and TimeProvider.CreateTimer. If either call throws, timeoutSource bypasses the existing try block and is not disposed. Move timeout setup into the protected block or add cleanup around setup.

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In `@src/Kevlar/Strategies/Timeout/TimeoutStrategy.cs` around lines 28 - 52, Move
the timeout setup calls in TimeoutStrategy around the existing protected cleanup
path so exceptions from CancellationTokenSource.CancelAfter or
TimeProvider.CreateTimer dispose the rented timeoutSource. Preserve normal timer
behavior and ensure cleanup also covers failures before execution begins.

Comment on lines +37 to +50
timer = context.TimeProvider.CreateTimer(
static state =>
{
// The execution completed and disposed the source while the timer was firing.
}
},
timeoutSource,
_timeout,
System.Threading.Timeout.InfiniteTimeSpan);
try
{
((CancellationTokenSource)state!).Cancel();
}
catch (ObjectDisposedException)
{
// The execution completed and disposed the source while the timer was firing.
}
},
timeoutSource,
_timeout,

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

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Does System.Threading.ITimer.Dispose guarantee that an already queued timer callback has completed before Dispose returns?

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No, the parameterless System.Threading.Timer.Dispose method does not guarantee that already queued timer callbacks have completed before it returns [1][2]. Because the timer queues callbacks for execution on ThreadPool threads, callbacks may continue to execute even after the parameterless Dispose method has been called [2][3]. If you need to ensure that all queued timer callbacks have finished before proceeding, you should use the Dispose(WaitHandle) method overload instead [1][2]. This overload allows you to provide a WaitHandle that the timer will signal only after it has been disposed and all currently queued callbacks have completed [4][3]. Note that even when using the Dispose(WaitHandle) overload, a potential race condition exists if the callback method uses the Change method to reschedule the timer with a dueTime of zero, which may cause Dispose(WaitHandle) to block indefinitely or lead to an ObjectDisposedException if a new callback is queued during the disposal process [4][3].

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In.NET, the ITimer returned by TimeProvider.CreateTimer follows standard threading timer semantics regarding disposal: once Dispose is called, the timer is stopped, and its callback should not be invoked again [1]. However, developers occasionally encounter race conditions or unexpected behavior when using TimeProvider—particularly when using FakeTimeProvider for testing [2][3][4]. There is no widely recognized architectural "bug" in the base.NET TimeProvider contract where callbacks run after disposal [1]. When issues occur, they typically stem from one of the following scenarios: 1. Timing Race Conditions: In highly concurrent scenarios or when using FakeTimeProvider, a callback may have already been queued or initiated before the Dispose call completes [4]. The.NET timer contract does not guarantee that a callback currently in progress will be aborted upon disposal; it only guarantees that no future timer ticks will be scheduled or invoked [1]. 2. FakeTimeProvider Behavior: During unit testing, if time is advanced (e.g., via TimeProvider.Advance) on a background thread while another thread calls Dispose, or if tests do not account for the synchronous execution of callbacks within FakeTimeProvider, it can appear as though the timer is behaving incorrectly [3][4]. For instance, if a test advances time and then immediately disposes the timer, the callback might execute synchronously as part of the advancement process before the disposal is registered [5][6]. 3. Implementation-Specific Issues: While the base TimeProvider contract is robust, specific testing libraries or internal implementations (such as those found in Microsoft.Extensions.TimeProvider.Testing) have occasionally surfaced race conditions—such as NullReferenceExceptions during disposal—which have been tracked and addressed in community repositories [7][8]. To ensure deterministic behavior in your application: - Always dispose of your ITimer instances properly when they are no longer needed [2]. - If you are writing tests, be mindful that FakeTimeProvider often executes callbacks synchronously when you call Advance [6]. Ensure your test logic awaits any asynchronous work triggered by the timer and maintains proper synchronization to prevent racing between your assertions, advancements, and disposal calls [4].

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    "runtime timer caveat is narrower than external callback": (
        "TryReset disarms the runtime timer" in reservoir
        and "callback was queued" in reservoir
    ),
}
for label, result in checks.items():
    print(f"{'PASS' if result else 'FAIL'}: {label}")
if not all(checks.values()):
    raise SystemExit(1)
PY

Repository: thomhurst/Kevlar

Length of output: 2440


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tmpdir="$(mktemp -d)"
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curl -fsSL \
  'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/thomhurst/Reservoir/21584932fcd1b630881f3ec2cf3f38a90ee45e41/src/Reservoir/CancellationTokenSourcePool.cs' \
  -o "$tmpdir/CancellationTokenSourcePool.cs"

python3 - "$tmpdir/CancellationTokenSourcePool.cs" <<'PY'
from pathlib import Path
import sys

timeout = Path("src/Kevlar/Strategies/Timeout/TimeoutStrategy.cs").read_text()
reservoir = Path(sys.argv[1]).read_text()

checks = {
    "custom callback retains timeoutSource": "timeoutSource,\n                _timeout," in timeout,
    "cleanup disposes timer before source": (
        "timer?.Dispose();\n        var timedOut = timeoutSource.IsCancellationRequested"
        in timeout
        and "timeoutSource.Dispose();" in timeout
    ),
    "pooled dispose returns source": (
        "protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)" in reservoir
        and "DisposeUpstreamRegistration();" in reservoir
        and "_owner.Return(this);" in reservoir
    ),
    "pool reset uses TryReset": "return source.TryReset();" in reservoir,
    "runtime timer caveat is narrower than external callback": (
        "TryReset disarms the runtime timer" in reservoir
        and "callback was queued" in reservoir
    ),
}

for label, result in checks.items():
    print(f"{'PASS' if result else 'FAIL'}: {label}")
if not all(checks.values()):
    raise SystemExit(1)
PY

Repository: thomhurst/Kevlar

Length of output: 370


Preserve timer callback lifetime before returning the source to the pool.

ITimer.Dispose() does not wait for an already queued callback to complete. timeoutSource.Dispose() returns the source to Reservoir, while TryReset() only disarms the source’s runtime timer. A queued custom timer callback can call Cancel() after another execution rents the same source. Synchronize callback activity with cleanup and return the source only after callback access ends.

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In `@src/Kevlar/Strategies/Timeout/TimeoutStrategy.cs` around lines 37 - 50,
Update the timer lifecycle in TimeoutStrategy and its cleanup path so queued
timer callbacks cannot access timeoutSource after it is returned to Reservoir;
synchronize callback execution with disposal/reset, and return the
CancellationTokenSource to the pool only after any in-flight or queued callback
has finished.

Keep custom provider sources out of the shared pool so queued callbacks cannot cancel later executions. Dispose linked sources when timeout setup fails.

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Comment on lines +29 to +31
var timeoutSource = usesSystemTime
? CancellationTokenSourcePool.Shared.RentLinked(priorToken)
: CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(priorToken);

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P2 Badge Do not recycle sources whose tokens escape to user code

On the system-time path, the linked token is handed directly to the execution delegate, so a caller can retain a copy after a successful execution. Once this source is returned to the shared pool and rented by a later execution, cancellation of that later timeout or its caller token also cancels the retained token and can spuriously stop unrelated work or invoke registrations attached to it. Keep timeout sources whose tokens cross the public delegate boundary out of the pool, or provide a mechanism that prevents old token copies from observing subsequent rentals.

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thomhurst merged commit a0cb975 into main Aug 20, 2026
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perf: timeout allocates 168 B/call vs Polly 0 B (unpooled linked CTS)

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