# Tokio Schedules 1 Million Tasks with Progress Over Ordering

Tokio, a popular asynchronous runtime, has introduced a scheduling approach that emphasizes progress over strict ordering, allowing it to handle one million tasks efficiently. This change aims to improve performance and scalability for concurrent applications. Developers using Tokio may benefit from better throughput in high-load scenarios.

**Importance:** 3/5

## Sources

### Technology
- [Hacker News](https://pranitha.dev/posts/tokio-gives-progress-not-ordering/) — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:10:56 +0000