# RuntimeWarning: coroutine 'fetch' was never awaited

- **ID:** `python/asyncio-coroutine-never-awaited`
- **Domain:** python
- **Category:** runtime_error
- **Verification:** ai_generated
- **Fix Rate:** 80%

## Root Cause

A coroutine function was called but the returned coroutine object was not awaited or scheduled, so the body never executed.

## Version Compatibility

| Version | Status | Introduced | Deprecated |
|---------|--------|------------|------------|
| 3.8+ | active | — | — |
| 3.9+ | active | — | — |
| 3.10+ | active | — | — |
| 3.11+ | active | — | — |
| 3.12+ | active | — | — |

## Workarounds

1. **** (97% success)
   ```
   await fetch(url)
# or
asyncio.create_task(fetch(url))
   ```
2. **** (85% success)
   ```
   PYTHONASYNCIODEBUG=1 python app.py
# or in code:
loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
loop.set_debug(True)
   ```

## Dead Ends

- **** — Hides the warning but the coroutine still never runs; business logic silently missing. (90% fail)
- **** — Both calls produce unawaited coroutine objects; neither executes. (85% fail)