doc: clarify that async_hook callbacks cannot be async

Signed-off-by: James M Snell <[email protected]> PR-URL: #37384 Reviewed-By: Michaël Zasso <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Darshan Sen <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Zijian Liu <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Gerhard Stöbich <[email protected]>
nodejs · Feb 28, 2021 · 6675342 · 6675342
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@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ class MyAddedCallbacks extends MyAsyncCallbacks {
 const asyncHook = async_hooks.createHook(new MyAddedCallbacks());
 ```
 
+Because promises are asynchronous resources whose lifecycle is tracked
+via the async hooks mechanism, the `init()`, `before()`, `after()`, and
+`destroy()` callbacks *must not* be async functions that return promises.
+
 ##### Error handling
 
 If any `AsyncHook` callbacks throw, the application will print the stack trace