Why will an empty .NET Task not complete if started and waited for from a static constructor?

Question

I cannot understand why the following code will not work:

var task = new Task(() => { });
task.Start();
if (task.Wait(10000))
{
   logger.Info(\"Works\");         


        

Answer 1

It works:

        var task = new Task(() => { });
        task.Start();
        if (task.Wait(10000))
        {
            Console.WriteLine("yes");
        }
        else
        {
            Console.WriteLine("no");
        }

And gives the output yes as expected. You must be doing something else which is causing it to not work. In the given form, without context of what / where you are doing it, it works.

Even this abomination works:

        var task = new Task(() =>
                                {

                                    var task1 = new Task(() =>
                                                            {
                                                            });
                                    task1.Start();
                                    if (task1.Wait(10000))
                                    {
                                        Console.WriteLine("yes");
                                    }
                                    else
                                    {
                                        Console.WriteLine("no");
                                    }

                                });
        task.Start();
        if (task.Wait(10000))
        {
            Console.WriteLine("yes");
        }
        else
        {
            Console.WriteLine("no");
        }