public async Task TestSlowConsumer() { var stopwatch = Stopwatch.StartNew(); void Log(string message) { Debug.WriteLine($"[{stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds:D3}ms] {message}", nameof(TestSlowConsumer)); } IPropagatorBlock <int, int> CreateDelayBlock(int delay, int multiplier) { return(new TransformBlock <int, int>( async x => { Log("Delay Enter " + x); await Task.Delay(delay); Log("Delay Return " + x); return x * multiplier; }, new ExecutionDataflowBlockOptions() { BoundedCapacity = 1, SingleProducerConstrained = true, })); } var sourceBlock = new BufferBlock <int>(); var block1 = CreateDelayBlock(100, 1); var block2 = CreateDelayBlock(150, 10); var testBlock = FluentDataflow.Merge(new ISourceBlock <int>[] { block1, block2 }); var consumer = new TransformBlock <int, int>( async x => { Log("Consumer Enter " + x); await Task.Delay(50); Log("Consumer Return " + x); return(x); }, new ExecutionDataflowBlockOptions() { BoundedCapacity = 1 } ); sourceBlock.LinkWithCompletion(block1); sourceBlock.LinkWithCompletion(block2); testBlock.LinkWithCompletion(consumer); sourceBlock.Post(1); // to block1 sourceBlock.Post(2); // to block2 sourceBlock.Post(3); // to block1 sourceBlock.Post(4); // to block2 sourceBlock.Complete(); var timeoutToken = TestUtils.CancelAfter(new TimeSpan(2 * TimeSpan.TicksPerSecond)); (await consumer.AsAsyncEnumerable().ToArrayAsync(timeoutToken)) .Is(1, 20, 3, 40); }