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+import std/sequtils
+
+import pkg/taskpools
+import pkg/taskpools/flowvars
+import pkg/chronos
+import pkg/chronos/threadsync
+import pkg/questionable/results
+
+import ./circomcompat
+import ../../errors
+import ../../logutils
+
+logScope:
+  topics = "codex asyncprover"
+
+type
+  ProverArgs[H] = object
+    circom: CircomCompat
+    data: ProofInputs[H]
+
+  VerifierArgs[H] = object
+    circom: CircomCompat
+    proof: CircomProof
+    inputs: ProofInputs[H]
+
+const
+  CompletitionTimeout = 1.seconds # Maximum await time for completition after receiving a signal
+  CompletitionRetryDelay = 10.millis
+
+proc awaitResult[T](signal: ThreadSignalPtr, handle: Flowvar[T]): Future[?!T] {.async.} =
+  await wait(signal)
+
+  var
+    res: T
+    awaitTotal: Duration
+  while awaitTotal < CompletitionTimeout:
+      if handle.tryComplete(res):
+        return success(res)
+      else:
+        awaitTotal += CompletitionRetryDelay
+        await sleepAsync(CompletitionRetryDelay)
+
+  return failure("Task signaled finish but didn't return any result within " & $CompletitionRetryDelay)
+
+proc asyncProve*[H](
+  tp: Taskpool,
+  backend: CircomCompat,
+  input: ProofInputs[H]
+): Future[?!CircomProof] {.async.} =
+
+  without signal =? ThreadSignalPtr.new().mapFailure, err:
+    return failure(err)
+
+  try:
+    echo "test"
+  finally:
+    if err =? signal.close().mapFailure.errorOption():
+      error "Error closing signal", msg = $err.msg
+
+
+proc asyncVerify*[H](
+  tp: Taskpool,
+  self: CircomCompat,
+  proof: CircomProof,
+  inputs: ProofInputs[H]
+): Future[?!bool] {.async.} =
+  without signal =? ThreadSignalPtr.new().mapFailure, err:
+    return failure(err)
+
+  try:
+    echo "test"
+  finally:
+    if err =? signal.close().mapFailure.errorOption():
+      error "Error closing signal", msg = $err.msg
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