Merge pull request #2682 from poanetwork/pp-fix-cache-task

Use Task.start instead of Task.async in caches

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 - [#2672](https://github.com/poanetwork/blockscout/pull/2672) - added new theme for xUSDT 
 
 ### Fixes
+- [#2682](https://github.com/poanetwork/blockscout/pull/2682) - Use Task.start instead of Task.async in caches
 
 ### Chore
 

apps/explorer/lib/explorer/chain/cache/block_count.ex

@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ defmodule Explorer.Chain.Cache.BlockCount do
   defp handle_fallback(:async_task) do
     # If this gets called it means an async task was requested, but none exists
     # so a new one needs to be launched
-    task =
-      Task.async(fn ->
+    {:ok, task} =
+      Task.start(fn ->
         try do
           result = Chain.fetch_count_consensus_block()
 

apps/explorer/lib/explorer/chain/cache/transaction_count.ex

@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ defmodule Explorer.Chain.Cache.TransactionCount do
   defp handle_fallback(:async_task) do
     # If this gets called it means an async task was requested, but none exists
     # so a new one needs to be launched
-    task =
-      Task.async(fn ->
+    {:ok, task} =
+      Task.start(fn ->
         try do
           result = Repo.aggregate(Transaction, :count, :hash, timeout: :infinity)