Why doesn't await on Task.WhenAll throw an AggregateException?

Question

In this code:

private async void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
    try {
        await Task.WhenAll(DoLongThingAsyncEx1(), DoLongThingAsyncEx2(         


        

Answer 1

Just thought I'd expand on @Richiban's answer to say that you can also handle the AggregateException in the catch block by referencing it from the task. E.g:

async Task Main()
{
    var task = Task.WhenAll(A(), B());

    try
    {
        var results = await task;
        Console.WriteLine(results);
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        // This doesn't fire until both tasks
        // are complete. I.e. so after 10 seconds
        // as per the second delay

        // The ex in this instance is the first
        // exception thrown, i.e. "A".
        var firstExceptionThrown = ex;

        // This aggregate contains both "A" and "B".
        var aggregateException = task.Exception;
    }
}

public async Task A()
{
    await Task.Delay(100);
    throw new Exception("A");
}

public async Task B()
{
    // Extra delay to make it clear that the await
    // waits for all tasks to complete, including
    // waiting for this exception.
    await Task.Delay(10000);
    throw new Exception("B");
}