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How does Rust’s Waker mechanism enable non-blocking async execution?

Updated May 24, 2026

Short answer

Waker is a callback handle that notifies the executor when a task becomes ready.

Deep explanation

When a future cannot progress, it stores a Waker provided in Context. External events (I/O, timers) call wake(), signaling executor to poll the task again. This avoids blocking threads and enables event-driven execution.

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