return-await
)Returning an awaited promise can make sense for better stack trace information as well as for consistent error handling (returned promises will not be caught in an async function try/catch).
This rule builds on top of the eslint/no-return-await
rule. It expands upon the base rule to add support for optionally requiring return await
in certain cases.
{ // note you must disable the base rule as it can report incorrect errors "no-return-await": "off", "@typescript-eslint/return-await": "error" }
type Options = 'in-try-catch' | 'always' | 'never'; const defaultOptions: Options = 'in-try-catch';
in-try-catch
Requires that a returned promise must be await
ed in try-catch-finally
blocks, and disallows it elsewhere. Specifically:
return
a promise within a try
, then it must be await
ed.return
a promise within a catch
, and there is no finally
, then it must not be await
ed.return
a promise within a catch
, and there is a finally
, then it must be await
ed.return
a promise within a finally
, then it must not be await
ed.Examples of incorrect code with in-try-catch
:
async function invalidInTryCatch1() { try { return Promise.resolve('try'); } catch (e) {} } async function invalidInTryCatch2() { try { throw new Error('error'); } catch (e) { return await Promise.resolve('catch'); } } async function invalidInTryCatch3() { try { throw new Error('error'); } catch (e) { return Promise.resolve('catch'); } finally { console.log('cleanup'); } } async function invalidInTryCatch4() { try { throw new Error('error'); } catch (e) { throw new Error('error2'); } finally { return await Promise.resolve('finally'); } } async function invalidInTryCatch5() { return await Promise.resolve('try'); } async function invalidInTryCatch6() { return await 'value'; }
Examples of correct code with in-try-catch
:
async function validInTryCatch1() { try { return await Promise.resolve('try'); } catch (e) {} } async function validInTryCatch2() { try { throw new Error('error'); } catch (e) { return Promise.resolve('catch'); } } async function validInTryCatch3() { try { throw new Error('error'); } catch (e) { return await Promise.resolve('catch'); } finally { console.log('cleanup'); } } async function validInTryCatch4() { try { throw new Error('error'); } catch (e) { throw new Error('error2'); } finally { return Promise.resolve('finally'); } } async function validInTryCatch5() { return Promise.resolve('try'); } async function validInTryCatch6() { return 'value'; }
always
Requires that all returned promises are await
ed.
Examples of incorrect code with always
:
async function invalidAlways1() { try { return Promise.resolve('try'); } catch (e) {} } async function invalidAlways2() { return Promise.resolve('try'); } async function invalidAlways3() { return await 'value'; }
Examples of correct code with always
:
async function validAlways1() { try { return await Promise.resolve('try'); } catch (e) {} } async function validAlways2() { return await Promise.resolve('try'); } async function validAlways3() { return 'value'; }
never
Disallows all await
ing any returned promises.
Examples of incorrect code with never
:
async function invalidNever1() { try { return await Promise.resolve('try'); } catch (e) {} } async function invalidNever2() { return await Promise.resolve('try'); } async function invalidNever3() { return await 'value'; }
Examples of correct code with never
:
async function validNever1() { try { return Promise.resolve('try'); } catch (e) {} } async function validNever2() { return Promise.resolve('try'); } async function validNever3() { return 'value'; }