# Pitfalls of async/await

Async / await provides convenient and efficient abstraction for concurrent
asynchronous programming. However, the async/await model in Rust also comes with
its share of pitfalls and footguns. We illustrate some of them in this chapter:

- [Blocking the Executor](pitfalls/blocking-executor.md)
- [Pin](pitfalls/pin.md)
- [Async Traits](pitfalls/async-traits.md)
- [Cancellation](pitfalls/cancellation.md)