From 01de3fbcc49ea6baa311e2f358e3b540325f0e45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ame <amelia@amyy.cc>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 02:41:35 -0500
Subject: async:detach() docs

---
 docs/thread/async.md | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

(limited to 'docs/thread')

diff --git a/docs/thread/async.md b/docs/thread/async.md
index a13b18b..60c764a 100644
--- a/docs/thread/async.md
+++ b/docs/thread/async.md
@@ -49,3 +49,10 @@ waits for the thread to internally call res:testclose or exit
 async:clean()
 
 calls the __gc metamethod, will call async:kill() if it is still running
+
+### async:detach
+
+async:detach()
+
+prevents lua from discarding the thread on its own (removes __gc) and runs the code after the thread has exited instead.
+this has the side effect of not allowing async:await() to be called when the thread is done
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