typelevel/cats-effect

Converge on a single nomenclature for fiber blocking in docs

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#4597 opened on May 5, 2026

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Description

Some of the docs mention "semantic blocking" and some "fiber blocking". In https://typelevel.org/cats-effect/docs/thread-model we mention "Fiber blocking (previously "Semantic Blocking")". So likely we should review and change all instances of "semantic blocking" to "fiber blocking".

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Research direction
Look at the thread model documentation page at https://typelevel.org/cats effect/docs/thread model and search for all occurrences of 'semantic blocking' across the cats effect documentation repository. Replace each instance with 'fiber blocking'.