TaskScheduler.UnobservedTaskException event handler never being triggered

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Unfortunately, that example will never show you your code. The UnobservedTaskException will only happen if a Task gets collected by the GC with an exception unobserved – as long as you hold a reference to task1 and task2, the GC will never collect, and you’ll never see your exception handler.

In order to see the behavior of the UnobservedTaskException in action, I’d try the following (contrived example):

public static void Main()
{
    TaskScheduler.UnobservedTaskException
        +=
        (object? sender, UnobservedTaskExceptionEventArgs eventArgs) =>
            {
                eventArgs.SetObserved();
                ((AggregateException)eventArgs.Exception).Handle(ex =>
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Exception type: {0}", ex.GetType());
                    return true;
                });
            };

    StartTasks();

    Thread.Sleep(100);
    GC.Collect();
    GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();

    Console.WriteLine("Done");
    Console.ReadKey();
}

private static void StartTasks()
{
    Task.Factory.StartNew(() => { throw new ArgumentNullException(); });
    Task.Factory.StartNew(() => { throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(); });
}

This will show you your messages. The first Thread.Sleep(100) call provides enough time for the tasks to throw. The collect and wait forces a GC collection, which will fire your event handler 2x.

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