How can I await an array of tasks and stop waiting on first exception?

Question

I have an array of tasks and I am awaiting them with Task.WhenAll. My tasks are failing frequently, in which case I inform the user with a message box so that she can try ag

Answer 1

Your loop waits for each of the tasks in pseudo-serial, so that's why it waits for task1 to complete before checking if task2 failed.

You might find this article helpful on a pattern for aborting after the first failure: http://gigi.nullneuron.net/gigilabs/patterns-for-asynchronous-composite-tasks-in-c/

    public static async Task WhenAllFailFast(
        params Task[] tasks)
    {
        var taskList = tasks.ToList();
        while (taskList.Count > 0)
        {
            var task = await Task.WhenAny(taskList).ConfigureAwait(false);
            if(task.Exception != null)
            {
                // Left as an exercise for the reader: 
                // properly unwrap the AggregateException; 
                // handle the exception(s);
                // cancel the other running tasks.
                throw task.Exception.InnerException;           
            }

            taskList.Remove(task);
        }
        return await Task.WhenAll(tasks).ConfigureAwait(false);
     }