diff --git a/LLama.Examples/Examples/QuantizeModel.cs b/LLama.Examples/Examples/QuantizeModel.cs
index dace956c..863bb0c3 100644
--- a/LLama.Examples/Examples/QuantizeModel.cs
+++ b/LLama.Examples/Examples/QuantizeModel.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ namespace LLama.Examples.Examples
 {
     public class QuantizeModel
     {
-        public static async Task Run()
+        public static Task Run()
         {
             string inputPath = UserSettings.GetModelPath();
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public static async Task Run()
                 Console.WriteLine("Quantization failed!");
             }
 
-            await Task.CompletedTask;
+            return Task.CompletedTask;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/LLama/ChatSession.cs b/LLama/ChatSession.cs
index 90119d4f..bda7472d 100644
--- a/LLama/ChatSession.cs
+++ b/LLama/ChatSession.cs
@@ -76,9 +76,10 @@ public class ChatSession
     /// <param name="executor">The executor for this session</param>
     /// <param name="history">History for this session</param>
     /// <param name="transform">History Transform for this session</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">A token that cancels the operation</param>
     /// <returns>A new chat session.</returns>
     public static async Task<ChatSession> InitializeSessionFromHistoryAsync(
-        ILLamaExecutor executor, ChatHistory history, IHistoryTransform? transform = null)
+        ILLamaExecutor executor, ChatHistory history, IHistoryTransform? transform = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
     {
         if (executor is not StatefulExecutorBase statefulExecutor)
         {
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ public static async Task<ChatSession> InitializeSessionFromHistoryAsync(
             session = session.WithHistoryTransform(transform);
         }
 
-        await statefulExecutor.PrefillPromptAsync(session.HistoryTransform.HistoryToText(history));
+        await statefulExecutor.PrefillPromptAsync(session.HistoryTransform.HistoryToText(history), cancellationToken);
         return session;
     }
 
@@ -311,13 +312,15 @@ public ChatSession RemoveLastMessage()
     /// Compute KV cache for the message and add it to the chat history.
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="message"></param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken"></param>
     /// <returns></returns>
-    public async Task<ChatSession> AddAndProcessMessage(ChatHistory.Message message)
+    public async Task<ChatSession> AddAndProcessMessage(ChatHistory.Message message, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
     {
         if (Executor is not StatefulExecutorBase statefulExecutor)
         {
             throw new InvalidOperationException("Executor must be a StatefulExecutorBase to support pre-processing of system messages.");
         }
+
         AddMessage(message);
         var content = message.Content;
         if (message.AuthorRole != AuthorRole.Assistant)
@@ -328,27 +331,27 @@ public async Task<ChatSession> AddAndProcessMessage(ChatHistory.Message message)
             }
         }
 
-        await statefulExecutor.PrefillPromptAsync(content);
+        await statefulExecutor.PrefillPromptAsync(content, cancellationToken);
         return this;
     }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Compute KV cache for the system message and add it to the chat history.
     /// </summary>
-    public Task<ChatSession> AddAndProcessSystemMessage(string content)
-        => AddAndProcessMessage(new ChatHistory.Message(AuthorRole.System, content));
+    public Task<ChatSession> AddAndProcessSystemMessage(string content, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+        => AddAndProcessMessage(new ChatHistory.Message(AuthorRole.System, content), cancellationToken);
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Compute KV cache for the user message and add it to the chat history.
     /// </summary>
-    public Task<ChatSession> AddAndProcessUserMessage(string content)
-        => AddAndProcessMessage(new ChatHistory.Message(AuthorRole.User, content));
+    public Task<ChatSession> AddAndProcessUserMessage(string content, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+        => AddAndProcessMessage(new ChatHistory.Message(AuthorRole.User, content), cancellationToken);
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Compute KV cache for the assistant message and add it to the chat history.
     /// </summary>
-    public Task<ChatSession> AddAndProcessAssistantMessage(string content)
-        => AddAndProcessMessage(new ChatHistory.Message(AuthorRole.Assistant, content));
+    public Task<ChatSession> AddAndProcessAssistantMessage(string content, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+        => AddAndProcessMessage(new ChatHistory.Message(AuthorRole.Assistant, content), cancellationToken);
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Replace a user message with a new message and remove all messages after the new message.
diff --git a/LLama/LLamaContext.cs b/LLama/LLamaContext.cs
index 42d76c51..4188f9e5 100644
--- a/LLama/LLamaContext.cs
+++ b/LLama/LLamaContext.cs
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-using LLama.Native;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
-using System.Text;
 using System.IO;
 using System.IO.MemoryMappedFiles;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using LLama.Abstractions;
+using LLama.Native;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
-using System.Threading;
 
 namespace LLama
 {
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public int BatchThreads
         /// Get the special tokens for the model associated with this context
         /// </summary>
         public SafeLlamaModelHandle.Vocabulary Vocab { get; }
-        
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Create a new LLamaContext for the given LLamaWeights
         /// </summary>
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ public Task<DecodeResult> DecodeAsync(LLamaBatch batch, CancellationToken cancel
         {
             return Task.Run(() => Decode(batch), cancellationToken);
         }
-        
+
         /// <summary>
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="batch"></param>
@@ -406,10 +406,10 @@ public DecodeResult Decode(LLamaBatchEmbeddings batch)
                 return 0;
             if (batch.EmbeddingsCount > BatchSize)
                 throw new ArgumentException("Input contains more tokens than configured batch size", nameof(batch));
-            
+
             return (DecodeResult)NativeHandle.Decode(batch);
         }
-        
+
         /// <summary>
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="batch"></param>
@@ -425,15 +425,16 @@ public Task<DecodeResult> DecodeAsync(LLamaBatchEmbeddings batch, CancellationTo
         /// <param name="id"></param>
         /// <param name="batch"></param>
         /// <param name="n_past"></param>
+        /// <param name="cancellationToken"></param>
         /// <returns>A tuple, containing the decode result, the number of tokens that have <b>not</b> been decoded yet and the total number of tokens that have been decoded.</returns>
-        public Task<(DecodeResult, int, int)> DecodeAsync(List<LLamaToken> tokens, LLamaSeqId id, LLamaBatch batch, int n_past)
+        public Task<(DecodeResult, int, int)> DecodeAsync(List<LLamaToken> tokens, LLamaSeqId id, LLamaBatch batch, int n_past, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
             return Task.Run(() =>
             {
                 var past = n_past;
                 var res = NativeHandle.Decode(tokens, id, batch, ref past);
                 return (res.Item1, res.Item2, past);
-                });
+            }, cancellationToken);
         }
         #endregion
 
diff --git a/LLama/LLamaExecutorBase.cs b/LLama/LLamaExecutorBase.cs
index eee5ea49..d0829dec 100644
--- a/LLama/LLamaExecutorBase.cs
+++ b/LLama/LLamaExecutorBase.cs
@@ -246,36 +246,41 @@ protected virtual void TryReuseMatchingPrefix()
         /// Decide whether to continue the loop.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="args"></param>
+        /// <param name="cancellationToken"></param>
         /// <returns></returns>
-        protected abstract Task<bool> GetLoopCondition(InferStateArgs args);
+        protected abstract Task<bool> GetLoopCondition(InferStateArgs args, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Preprocess the inputs before the inference.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="text"></param>
         /// <param name="args"></param>
-        protected abstract Task PreprocessInputs(string? text, InferStateArgs args);
+        /// <param name="cancellationToken"></param>
+        protected abstract Task PreprocessInputs(string? text, InferStateArgs args, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Do some post processing after the inference.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="inferenceParams"></param>
         /// <param name="args"></param>
+        /// <param name="cancellationToken"></param>
         /// <returns></returns>
-        protected abstract Task<(bool, IReadOnlyList<string>)> PostProcess(IInferenceParams inferenceParams, InferStateArgs args);
+        protected abstract Task<(bool, IReadOnlyList<string>)> PostProcess(IInferenceParams inferenceParams, InferStateArgs args, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The core inference logic.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="inferenceParams"></param>
         /// <param name="args"></param>
-        protected abstract Task InferInternal(IInferenceParams inferenceParams, InferStateArgs args);
+        /// <param name="cancellationToken"></param>
+        protected abstract Task InferInternal(IInferenceParams inferenceParams, InferStateArgs args, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Save the current state to a file.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="filename"></param>
-        public abstract Task SaveState(string filename);
+        /// <param name="cancellationToken"></param>
+        public abstract Task SaveState(string filename, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Get the current state data.
@@ -287,13 +292,15 @@ protected virtual void TryReuseMatchingPrefix()
         /// Load the state from data.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="data"></param>
-        public abstract Task LoadState(ExecutorBaseState data);
+        /// <param name="cancellationToken"></param>
+        public abstract Task LoadState(ExecutorBaseState data, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Load the state from a file.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="filename"></param>
-        public abstract Task LoadState(string filename);
+        /// <param name="cancellationToken"></param>
+        public abstract Task LoadState(string filename, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
 
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -318,17 +325,17 @@ public virtual async IAsyncEnumerable<string> InferAsync(string? text, IInferenc
             };
 
             AntipromptProcessor.SetAntiprompts(inferenceParams.AntiPrompts ?? []);
+            await PreprocessInputs(text, args, cancellationToken);
 
-            await PreprocessInputs(text, args);
-
-            while (await GetLoopCondition(args))
+            while (await GetLoopCondition(args, cancellationToken))
             {
                 if (cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
                 {
                     break;
                 }
+                
                 args.LastOutput = string.Empty;
-                await InferInternal(inferenceParams, args);
+                await InferInternal(inferenceParams, args, cancellationToken);
 
                 if (args.ReturnValue)
                 {
@@ -338,7 +345,7 @@ public virtual async IAsyncEnumerable<string> InferAsync(string? text, IInferenc
                     yield return decoded;
                 }
 
-                var (breakGeneration, extraOutputs) = await PostProcess(inferenceParams, args);
+                var (breakGeneration, extraOutputs) = await PostProcess(inferenceParams, args, cancellationToken);
                 if (extraOutputs is { Count: > 0 })
                 {
                     foreach (var item in extraOutputs)
@@ -358,8 +365,9 @@ public virtual async IAsyncEnumerable<string> InferAsync(string? text, IInferenc
         /// It could reduce the latency of the first time response if the first input from the user is not immediate.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="prompt">Prompt to process</param>
+        /// <param name="cancellationToken"></param>
         /// <returns></returns>
-        public virtual async Task PrefillPromptAsync(string prompt)
+        public virtual async Task PrefillPromptAsync(string prompt, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
             var inferenceParams = new InferenceParams
             {
@@ -374,11 +382,11 @@ public virtual async Task PrefillPromptAsync(string prompt)
                 NeedToSaveSession = false
             };
 
-            await PreprocessInputs(prompt, args);
+            await PreprocessInputs(prompt, args, cancellationToken);
             // First run adds the prompt to the _embeds
-            await InferInternal(inferenceParams, args);
+            await InferInternal(inferenceParams, args, cancellationToken);
             // Second run puts it through decode
-            await InferInternal(inferenceParams, args);
+            await InferInternal(inferenceParams, args, cancellationToken);
         }   
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/LLama/LLamaInstructExecutor.cs b/LLama/LLamaInstructExecutor.cs
index a2898c09..517a4e7d 100644
--- a/LLama/LLamaInstructExecutor.cs
+++ b/LLama/LLamaInstructExecutor.cs
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
-using LLama.Abstractions;
-using LLama.Common;
-using LLama.Native;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text.Json;
 using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using LLama.Abstractions;
+using LLama.Common;
 using LLama.Exceptions;
+using LLama.Native;
 using LLama.Sampling;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
@@ -65,9 +66,9 @@ public override ExecutorBaseState GetStateData()
             return state;
         }
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public override Task LoadState(ExecutorBaseState data)
+        public override Task LoadState(ExecutorBaseState data, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
-            if(data is InstructExecutorState state)
+            if (data is InstructExecutorState state)
             {
                 _n_session_consumed = state.ConsumedSessionCount;
                 _embed_inps = state.EmbedInps!.ToList();
@@ -91,35 +92,35 @@ public override Task LoadState(ExecutorBaseState data)
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public override async Task SaveState(string filename)
+        public override async Task SaveState(string filename, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
             var state = (InstructExecutorState)GetStateData();
             using (var fs = new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write))
             {
-                await JsonSerializer.SerializeAsync(fs, state);
+                await JsonSerializer.SerializeAsync(fs, state, cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
             }
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public override async Task LoadState(string filename)
+        public override async Task LoadState(string filename, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
             using (var fs = new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read))
             {
                 var state = await JsonSerializer.DeserializeAsync<InstructExecutorState>(fs);
-                await LoadState(state!);
+                await LoadState(state!, cancellationToken);
             }
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        protected override Task<bool> GetLoopCondition(InferStateArgs args)
+        protected override Task<bool> GetLoopCondition(InferStateArgs args, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             return Task.FromResult(args.RemainedTokens != 0 || _is_prompt_run);
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        protected override Task PreprocessInputs(string? text, InferStateArgs args)
+        protected override Task PreprocessInputs(string? text, InferStateArgs args, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
-            args.Antiprompts ??= [ ];
+            args.Antiprompts ??= [];
             if (!args.Antiprompts.Contains(_instructionPrefix))
                 args.Antiprompts.Add(_instructionPrefix);
 
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ protected override Task PreprocessInputs(string? text, InferStateArgs args)
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        protected override Task<(bool, IReadOnlyList<string>)> PostProcess(IInferenceParams inferenceParams, InferStateArgs args)
+        protected override Task<(bool, IReadOnlyList<string>)> PostProcess(IInferenceParams inferenceParams, InferStateArgs args, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             if (_embed_inps.Count <= _consumedTokensCount)
             {
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ protected override Task PreprocessInputs(string? text, InferStateArgs args)
 
                 if (_pastTokensCount > 0 && args.WaitForInput)
                 {
-                    return Task.FromResult<(bool, IReadOnlyList<string>)>((true, [ "\n> " ]));
+                    return Task.FromResult<(bool, IReadOnlyList<string>)>((true, ["\n> "]));
                 }
             }
 
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ protected override Task PreprocessInputs(string? text, InferStateArgs args)
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        protected override async Task InferInternal(IInferenceParams inferenceParams, InferStateArgs args)
+        protected override async Task InferInternal(IInferenceParams inferenceParams, InferStateArgs args, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             var batch = new LLamaBatch();
 
@@ -253,7 +254,7 @@ protected override async Task InferInternal(IInferenceParams inferenceParams, In
 
             return;
         }
-        
+
         /// <summary>
         /// The descriptor of the state of the instruct executor.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/LLama/LLamaInteractExecutor.cs b/LLama/LLamaInteractExecutor.cs
index c76a1121..e7cac4c4 100644
--- a/LLama/LLamaInteractExecutor.cs
+++ b/LLama/LLamaInteractExecutor.cs
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
-using LLama.Common;
-using LLama.Native;
-using LLama.Abstractions;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text.Json;
 using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using LLama.Abstractions;
+using LLama.Common;
 using LLama.Exceptions;
+using LLama.Native;
 using LLama.Sampling;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ public override ExecutorBaseState GetStateData()
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public override Task LoadState(ExecutorBaseState data)
+        public override Task LoadState(ExecutorBaseState data, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
             if (data is InteractiveExecutorState state)
             {
@@ -91,34 +92,35 @@ public override Task LoadState(ExecutorBaseState data)
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public override async Task SaveState(string filename)
+        public override async Task SaveState(string filename, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
             var state = (InteractiveExecutorState)GetStateData();
             using (var fs = new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write))
             {
-                await JsonSerializer.SerializeAsync(fs, state);
+                await JsonSerializer.SerializeAsync(fs, state, cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
             }
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public override async Task LoadState(string filename)
+        public override async Task LoadState(string filename, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
             using var fs = new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
+
             var state = await JsonSerializer.DeserializeAsync<InteractiveExecutorState>(fs);
-            await LoadState(state!);
+            await LoadState(state!, cancellationToken);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Define whether to continue the loop to generate responses.
         /// </summary>
         /// <returns></returns>
-        protected override Task<bool> GetLoopCondition(InferStateArgs args)
+        protected override Task<bool> GetLoopCondition(InferStateArgs args, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             return Task.FromResult(args.RemainedTokens != 0 && !args.WaitForInput || _is_prompt_run);
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        protected override Task PreprocessInputs(string? text, InferStateArgs args)
+        protected override Task PreprocessInputs(string? text, InferStateArgs args, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             if (_is_prompt_run)
             {
@@ -164,7 +166,7 @@ protected override Task PreprocessInputs(string? text, InferStateArgs args)
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        private Task PreprocessLlava(string text, InferStateArgs args, bool addBos = true)
+        private void PreprocessLlava(string text, InferStateArgs args, bool addBos = true)
         {
             // If the prompt contains the tag <image> extract this.
             _imageInPrompt = text.Contains("<image>");
@@ -199,7 +201,6 @@ private Task PreprocessLlava(string text, InferStateArgs args, bool addBos = tru
                     args.RemainedTokens -= line_inp.Length;
                 }
             }
-            return Task.CompletedTask;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -207,8 +208,9 @@ private Task PreprocessLlava(string text, InferStateArgs args, bool addBos = tru
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="inferenceParams"></param>
         /// <param name="args"></param>
+        /// <param name="cancellationToken"></param>
         /// <returns></returns>
-        protected override Task<(bool, IReadOnlyList<string>)> PostProcess(IInferenceParams inferenceParams, InferStateArgs args)
+        protected override Task<(bool, IReadOnlyList<string>)> PostProcess(IInferenceParams inferenceParams, InferStateArgs args, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             if (_embed_inps.Count <= _consumedTokensCount)
             {
@@ -238,7 +240,7 @@ private Task PreprocessLlava(string text, InferStateArgs args, bool addBos = tru
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        protected override async Task InferInternal(IInferenceParams inferenceParams, InferStateArgs args)
+        protected override async Task InferInternal(IInferenceParams inferenceParams, InferStateArgs args, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             var batch = new LLamaBatch();