id summary reporter owner description type status milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc 10833 boost::async should support auto scheduling (launch deferred)? adishavit@… viboes "One of the design choices for std::async() default launch policy was to allow the OS scheduler to decide whether or not to launch a new thread or remain on the same thread (presumably based on available system resources). Boost::async() does not seem to support this default auto scheduling yet? It seems to be launching as many threads as tasks. " Feature Requests closed To Be Determined thread Boost 1.57.0 Problem wontfix