Kotlinhard

Coroutine cancellation is cooperative — what does that mean in practice?

Answer

Cancellation doesn’t magically stop CPU work; suspending functions check for cancellation, but tight loops must cooperate (check `isActive` or call `yield()`/`ensureActive()`). Otherwise a cancelled coroutine may keep running.

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