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Async context isn't propagated correctly

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#1,333 opened on Dec 19, 2018

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See https://github.com/node-serialport/node-serialport/issues/1742#issuecomment-448721788 and later comments.

(I think this is minor impact. Just happened to come up in another module.)

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Research direction
Investigate the referenced issue and comments to understand the async context propagation problem in node canvas. Trace the code paths where async operations might lose context.
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javascriptnodejs
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backend
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3
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1-3 hours
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Fresh
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Needs investigation
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JavaScriptNode.js
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30