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= | = Our objective = | ||
At the moment, Firefox shuts down mostly sequentially. Waiting until an asynchronous task is complete before proceeding with shutdown is complicated and requires spinning the event loop, which is generally Not a Good Idea. | At the moment, Firefox shuts down mostly sequentially. Waiting until an asynchronous task is complete before proceeding with shutdown is complicated and requires spinning the event loop, which is generally Not a Good Idea. | ||
We need to start thinking about a way to shutdown asynchronous services. | |||
= Use cases = | |||
== Asynchronous databases need to be AsyncClosed() == | |||
(TBD) | (TBD) | ||
== Telemetry data must be saved asynchronously == | |||
(TBD) | (TBD) | ||
= Related bugs = | |||
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=722648 - Asynchronous observers. | |||
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=881667 - Expose startup/shutdown stage to components. | |||