We currently allow the TestScheduler (or anyone who wants to fiddle with the delegate for timeoutProvider) to allow config.onUnhandledError and config.onStoppedNotification to synchronously dispatch. The problem with that is if either of those throw while synchronous, it will unwind the stack and cause all sorts of crazy stuff. The provider delegates are meant primarily so that TestScheduler can synchronously control what is going on with observable emissions. onUnhandledError and onStoppedNotification are firmly outside of that lifecycle and should always be dispatched in their own call stack to prevent issues.