Electron.NET/ElectronNET.API/AsyncHelper.cs

using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace ElectronNET.API
{
    internal static class AsyncHelper
    {
        private static readonly TaskFactory _taskFactory = new
            TaskFactory(CancellationToken.None,
                        TaskCreationOptions.None,
                        TaskContinuationOptions.None,
                        TaskScheduler.Default);

        public static TResult RunSync<TResult>(Func<Task<TResult>> func)
            => _taskFactory
                .StartNew(func)
                .Unwrap()
                .GetAwaiter()
                .GetResult();

        public static void RunSync(Func<Task> func)
            => _taskFactory
                .StartNew(func)
                .Unwrap()
                .GetAwaiter()
                .GetResult();

        public static async Task<TResult> TimeoutAfter<TResult>(this Task<TResult> task, TimeSpan timeout)
        {
            using (var timeoutCancellationTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource())
            {
                var completedTask = await Task.WhenAny(task, Task.Delay(timeout, timeoutCancellationTokenSource.Token));
                if (completedTask == task)
                {
                    timeoutCancellationTokenSource.Cancel();
                    return await task;  // Very important in order to propagate exceptions
                }
                else
                {
                    throw new TimeoutException($"{nameof(TimeoutAfter)}: The operation has timed out after {timeout:mm\\:ss}");
                }
            }
        }
    }
}