Hardened background work against disconnected circuits (#937)

app/MindWork AI Studio/Pages/Chat.razor.cs

@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ public partial class Chat : MSGComponentBase
         
         this.splitterPosition = this.SettingsManager.ConfigurationData.Workspace.SplitterPosition;
         this.splitterSaveTimer.AutoReset = false;
-        this.splitterSaveTimer.Elapsed += async (_, _) =>
+        this.splitterSaveTimer.Elapsed += (_, _) =>
         {
             this.SettingsManager.ConfigurationData.Workspace.SplitterPosition = this.splitterPosition;
-            await this.SettingsManager.StoreSettings();
+            this.SettingsManager.StoreSettings().Observe($"{nameof(Chat)}: storing the splitter position");
         };
         
         await base.OnInitializedAsync();

app/MindWork AI Studio/Pages/Home.razor.cs

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public partial class Home : MSGComponentBase
         
         // Read the last change content asynchronously
         // without blocking the UI thread:
-        _ = this.ReadLastChangeAsync();
+        this.ReadLastChangeAsync().Observe($"{nameof(Home)}: reading the last change");
     }
 
     protected override Task OnAfterRenderAsync(bool firstRender)

app/MindWork AI Studio/Pages/Information.razor.cs

@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ public partial class Information : MSGComponentBase
         
         // Determine the Pandoc version may take some time, so we start it here
         // without waiting for the result:
-        _ = this.DeterminePandocVersion();
+        this.DeterminePandocVersion().Observe($"{nameof(Information)}: determining the Pandoc version");
     }
 
     #endregion
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ public partial class Information : MSGComponentBase
         this.vectorStoreRefreshCancellationTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
         var cancellationToken = this.vectorStoreRefreshCancellationTokenSource.Token;
 
-        _ = Task.Run(async () =>
+        Task.Run(async () =>
         {
             const int MAX_TRIES = 12;
             for (var attempt = 0; attempt < MAX_TRIES; attempt++)
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ public partial class Information : MSGComponentBase
                     return;
                 }
             }
-        }, cancellationToken);
+        }, cancellationToken).Observe($"{nameof(Information)}: refreshing the vector store info");
     }
 
     private IAvailablePlugin? FindManagedConfigurationPlugin(Guid configurationId)

app/MindWork AI Studio/Pages/Plugins.razor.cs

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public partial class Plugins : MSGComponentBase
     protected override void DisposeResources()
     {
         // Release the drop area again, so lower layers can catch dropped files:
-        _ = this.MessageBus.SendMessage(this, Event.UNREGISTER_FILE_DROP_AREA, DropLayers.PAGES);
+        this.MessageBus.SendMessage(this, Event.UNREGISTER_FILE_DROP_AREA, DropLayers.PAGES).Observe($"{nameof(Plugins)}: releasing the drop area");
         base.DisposeResources();
     }
 

app/MindWork AI Studio/Pages/Writer.razor.cs

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public partial class Writer : MSGComponentBase
     protected override async Task OnInitializedAsync()
     {
         this.SettingsManager.InjectSpellchecking(USER_INPUT_ATTRIBUTES);
-        this.typeTimer.Elapsed += async (_, _) => await this.InvokeAsync(this.GetSuggestions);
+        this.typeTimer.Elapsed += (_, _) => this.InvokeAsync(this.GetSuggestions).Observe($"{nameof(Writer)}: getting writing suggestions");
         this.typeTimer.AutoReset = false;
         
         await base.OnInitializedAsync();