Donny Wals • 9/18/2025

How to unwrap [weak self] in Swift Concurrency Tasks?

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This article explores how to properly use [weak self] within Swift Concurrency Tasks to avoid retain cycles and memory leaks. It explains the differences between escaping and non-escaping closures, covers the weak-strong reference dance, and provides practical examples for safely unwrapping self in asynchronous contexts like loading and processing data.

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