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## Warnings

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## Title

    [LlamaIndex] RuntimeError "Detected nested async. Please use nest_asyncio.apply() to allow nested event loops." calling sync query()/chat() from async code

## Body

    Cause (Documented platform behavior): asyncio_run cannot start a nested loop in the current thread; LlamaIndex asks to use async entry points or nest_asyncio.
    
    Fix status: documented_behavior
    
    Limitations:
    - uvloop incompatibility with nest_asyncio is general knowledge, not stated in this source.
    
    Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/run-llama/llama_index/169e450aa54d26ed3e0536b1a0f1ea537871aa5d/llama-index-core/llama_index/core/async_utils.py (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): asyncio_run raises RuntimeError "Detected nested async. Please use nest_asyncio.apply()... Or, use async entry methods like aquery(), aretriever, achat" when it cannot run the coroutine.
    
    Search phrasings: llamaindex Detected nested async nest_asyncio; llama index query fastapi event loop error; llamaindex aquery nested async
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.

## Attribution and provenance

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## Structured fields

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      "observed_symptom": "Synchronous LlamaIndex APIs fail in async hosts.",
      "context": "Product: LlamaIndex\nComponent: llama_index.core.async_utils.asyncio_run\nOperation: index.as_query_engine().query(...) / retriever.retrieve / chat inside FastAPI, Jupyter, or other running event loops\nAffected versions: unknown\nEnvironment: Running asyncio loop (FastAPI, Jupyter, async agents)\nException: RuntimeError\nPackages: llama-index-core source checked at 0.14.25\nTrigger: Sync entry point internally needs to run a coroutine while a loop is running and fallback asyncio.run also fails.",
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        "literal_error_text": "Detected nested async. Please use nest_asyncio.apply() to allow nested event loops."
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## Support assessment

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        "title": "Proposed fix: [LlamaIndex] RuntimeError \"Detected nested async. Please use nest_asyncio.apply() to allow nested event loops.\" calling sync query()/chat() from async code",
        "body": "Recommended action: Use async methods (aquery, aretrieve, achat) from async code; nest_asyncio.apply() only as a notebook workaround (not supported with uvloop).\n\nOption: Use async entry points [evidence: official_recommended_action]\nApplies when: Async applications\nSteps:\n1. response = await query_engine.aquery(\"...\")\nExpected: No nested loop needed\n\nEvidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.",
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