Non-critical fire-and-forget

CSharp · Console

/Program.cs

using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
					
public class Program
{
	public static void Main()
	{
		var task = WriteToLogAsync();
		Console.WriteLine("The exception goes unnoticed");
		
		Task.Delay(500);
		
		var message = task.Exception.InnerExceptions[0].Message;
		Console.WriteLine(message); // This exception  is lost.
	}
	
	public static async Task WriteToLogAsync()
	{
		System.Console.WriteLine("Trying to write to the log");
		await Task.Yield();
		throw new Exception("This exception is lost");
	}
}