npgsql connection wait with ssl - vb.net

Question

I setup a listener for notification from postresql through npgsql in vb.net. The sub just opens a new ssl connection and starts a new thread with a loop waiting for notification. Here below is the code
Public Sub StartListening()
If mConnString Is Nothing Then
Main_Form.WriteMessage("Not connected")
End If
Try
connection = New NpgsqlConnection(mConnString) With {
.ProvideClientCertificatesCallback = New ProvideClientCertificatesCallback(AddressOf MyProvideClientCertificates)
}
connection.Open()
If connection.State = ConnectionState.Open Then
Using command = New NpgsqlCommand("listen my_notification", connection)
command.ExecuteNonQuery()
End Using
End If
AddHandler connection.Notification, New NotificationEventHandler(AddressOf OnNotification)
Dim thread As New Thread(
Sub()
While True
connection.Wait()
End While
End Sub
)
thread.Start()
Catch ex As Exception
Main_Form.WriteMessage("Error:" + ex.Message)
End Try
End Sub
Private Sub MyProvideClientCertificates(ByVal clienteCertis As X509CertificateCollection)
Dim cert As X509Certificate2 = New X509Certificate2("mycertificate.pfx")
clienteCertis.Add(cert)
End Sub
Everything was working fine until I introduced SSL connection: it fails on connection.Wait() saying
Wait() with timeout isn't supported when SSL is used, see
https://github.com/npgsql/npgsql/issues/1501
Since actually I don't need a timeout I tried setting timeout=0 and commandtimeout=0 in connection string but error still remains and this is what I see in error stacktrace
in Npgsql.NpgsqlConnector.Wait(Int32 timeout)
in Npgsql.NpgsqlConnection.Wait(Int32 timeout)
in Npgsql.NpgsqlConnection.Wait()
Could anyone help?

Answer 1

I found a solution. I write here just in case some else has the same problem.
I changed Wait() with WaitAsync().
To avoid continuous looping also added Await and declare the sub as Async.
Below is the code
....
Dim thread As New Thread(
Async Sub()
While True
Await connection.WaitAsync()
End While
End Sub
)
thread.Start()
....