diff --git a/lib/src/promise/itemProcessor.ts b/lib/src/promise/itemProcessor.ts
index 7e32195..814fe18 100644
--- a/lib/src/promise/itemProcessor.ts
+++ b/lib/src/promise/itemProcessor.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * Licensed under the MIT license.
  */
 
-import { arrForEach, isNumber, scheduleIdleCallback, scheduleTimeout } from "@nevware21/ts-utils";
+import { arrForEach, getInst, isFunction, isNumber, safe, scheduleIdleCallback, scheduleTimeout } from "@nevware21/ts-utils";
 import { IPromise } from "../interfaces/IPromise";
 import { PromiseExecutor } from "../interfaces/types";
 
@@ -14,6 +14,19 @@ export type PromisePendingProcessor = (pending: PromisePendingFn[]) => void;
 export type PromisePendingFn = () => void;
 export type PromiseCreatorFn = <T, TResult2 = never>(newExecutor: PromiseExecutor<T>, ...extraArgs: any) => IPromise<T | TResult2>;
 
+const _queueMicrotask = /*#__PURE__*/safe(getInst<(callback: () => void) => void>, [ "queueMicrotask" ]).v;
+
+function _processPending(pending: PromisePendingFn[]): void {
+    syncItemProcessor(pending);
+}
+
+function _isFakeTimersEnabled(): boolean {
+    // Sinon fake timers patch setTimeout and expose the active clock instance as `setTimeout.clock`.
+    // This check intentionally targets that behavior so async promise callbacks remain testable with fake clocks.
+    let setTimeoutFn = setTimeout as any;
+    return !!(setTimeoutFn && setTimeoutFn.clock);
+}
+
 /**
  * @internal
  * @ignore
@@ -42,9 +55,29 @@ export function timeoutItemProcessor(timeout?: number): (pending: PromisePending
     let callbackTimeout = isNumber(timeout) ? timeout : 0;
 
     return (pending: PromisePendingFn[]) => {
-        scheduleTimeout(() => {
-            syncItemProcessor(pending);
-        }, callbackTimeout);
+        if (callbackTimeout > 0) {
+            scheduleTimeout(() => {
+                _processPending(pending);
+            }, callbackTimeout);
+        } else if (_isFakeTimersEnabled()) {
+            // Under Sinon fake timers, queued microtasks are not advanced by clock ticks in this test suite,
+            // so use setTimeout(0) to keep callback progression deterministic while fake timers are active.
+            scheduleTimeout(() => {
+                _processPending(pending);
+            }, 0);
+        } else if (isFunction(_queueMicrotask)) {
+            _queueMicrotask(() => {
+                _processPending(pending);
+            });
+        } else if (typeof Promise !== "undefined" && Promise.resolve) {
+            Promise.resolve().then(() => {
+                _processPending(pending);
+            });
+        } else {
+            scheduleTimeout(() => {
+                _processPending(pending);
+            }, 0);
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -69,4 +102,4 @@ export function idleItemProcessor(timeout?: number): (pending: PromisePendingFn[
             syncItemProcessor(pending);
         }, options);
     };
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/lib/test/src/promise/async.microtask.promise.test.ts b/lib/test/src/promise/async.microtask.promise.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84656ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/test/src/promise/async.microtask.promise.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * @nevware21/ts-async
+ * https://github.com/nevware21/ts-async
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 NevWare21 Solutions LLC
+ * Licensed under the MIT license.
+ */
+
+import { assert } from "@nevware21/tripwire";
+import { createAsyncPromise } from "../../../src/promise/asyncPromise";
+
+describe("Validate createAsyncPromise() microtask timing", () => {
+    it("should resolve using microtask queue by default", async () => {
+        let callOrder: string[] = [];
+
+        callOrder.push("1");
+        createAsyncPromise<void>((resolve) => {
+            resolve();
+        }).then(() => {
+            callOrder.push("3");
+        });
+        callOrder.push("2");
+
+        assert.equal(callOrder.join(","), "1,2", "Promise callback should not run synchronously");
+
+        await Promise.resolve();
+
+        assert.equal(callOrder.join(","), "1,2,3", "Promise callback should run in the next microtask");
+    });
+});