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How does LINQ handle concurrency and thread safety?

Updated May 16, 2026

Short answer

LINQ itself is not thread-safe; thread safety depends on underlying data sources.

Deep explanation

LINQ queries are immutable in structure but not inherently safe for concurrent execution. IEnumerable over shared collections can lead to race conditions if modified during enumeration. IQueryable execution depends on provider thread safety, such as DbContext in EF Core which is not thread-safe.

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