# \[Pitch\] withDeadline

**URL:** <https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-withdeadline/85262>\
**Category:** Pitches\
**Created:** [March 10, 2026, 6:13pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-withdeadline/85262 "2026-03-10T18:13:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![iressler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/swift/user_avatar/forums.swift.org/iressler/32/21526_2.png) [@iressler](https://forums.swift.org/u/iressler)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 10:44pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-withdeadline/85262/18 "2026-03-13T22:44:00Z")

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I’m going to say the same thing I said in the [first pitch](https://forums.swift.org/t/asyncalgorithms-withdeadline/84604/8):

The functionality is great, and I’m looking forward to using it. However I expect the name will mislead many developers and lead to misuse.

I think the name must use cancel/cancellation somewhere or it will lead developers to misuse it and think they solved a problem without actually solving it.

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