Why is it not waiting?
const wrapper = async () => { console.log('start'); await setTimeout(async () => console.log('callback'),5000) console.log('end'); } wrapper(); Result:
start end callback Expected result:
start callback end 
1 Answer
You can use a Promise to wait:
const wait = () => new Promise(resolve => { setTimeout(() => { console.log('callback'); resolve(); }, 5000) }); const wrapper = async () => { console.log('start'); await wait(); console.log('end'); } wrapper();3 Comments
Apollon16
Thank you. I also thought of an explanation.: await is only waiting for the callback to be registered. Not waiting for execution of the callback.
Majed Badawi
As mentioned above, since
setTimeout is not async, await will not work as you used it. Wrapping it in a promise which resolves when the timer ends is the right way to do it as await works fine with the promise...Majed Badawi
Please accept the answer as the solution if the problem is solved
setTimeout()isn't an async function. Forawaitto work the method you call needs to return a promise.