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mediumC#ConfigureAwait falseSingle-choice MCQ

In a classic ASP.NET (non-Core) request thread, why can the following synchronous-over-async code deadlock, and how does ConfigureAwait(false) prevent it?

public ActionResult Index() { var data = GetDataAsync().Result; // deadlocks return View(data); } async Task<string> GetDataAsync() { await Task.Delay(100); return "done"; }