.. _await-outside-async:

await-outside-async / E1142
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**Message emitted:**

``'await' should be used within an async function``

**Description:**

*Emitted when await is used outside an async function.*

**Problematic code:**

.. literalinclude:: /data/messages/a/await-outside-async/bad.py
   :language: python

**Correct code:**

.. literalinclude:: /data/messages/a/await-outside-async/good.py
   :language: python



**Related links:**

- `PEP 492 <https://peps.python.org/pep-0492/#await-expression>`_


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