require-await

Disallow async functions which do not return promises and have no await expression.

✅

Extending "plugin:@typescript-eslint/recommended-type-checked" in an ESLint configuration enables this rule.

💡

Some problems reported by this rule are manually fixable by editor suggestions.

💭

This rule requires type information to run.

This rule extends the base eslint/require-await rule. It uses type information to allow promise-returning functions to be marked as async without containing an await expression.

note

yield expressions in async generator functions behave differently from sync generator functions (they unwrap promises), so the base rule never checks async generator functions. On the other hand, our rule uses type information and can detect async generator functions that both never use await and always yield non-promise values.

Examples

❌ Incorrect

async function returnNumber() {
  return 1;
}

async function* asyncGenerator() {
  yield 1;
}

const num = returnNumber();
const callAsyncGenerator = () => asyncGenerator();

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✅ Correct

function returnNumber() {
  return 1;
}

function* syncGenerator() {
  yield 1;
}

const num = returnNumber();
const callSyncGenerator = () => syncGenerator();

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Options

See eslint/require-await's options.

How to Use

Flat Config

eslint.config.mjs

export default tseslint.config({
  rules: {
    // Note: you must disable the base rule as it can report incorrect errors
    "require-await": "off",
    "@typescript-eslint/require-await": "error"
  }
});

Legacy Config

.eslintrc.cjs

module.exports = {
  "rules": {
    // Note: you must disable the base rule as it can report incorrect errors
    "require-await": "off",
    "@typescript-eslint/require-await": "error"
  }
};

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When Not To Use It

Type checked lint rules are more powerful than traditional lint rules, but also require configuring type checked linting.

See Troubleshooting > Linting with Type Information > Performance if you experience performance degradations after enabling type checked rules.

Resources

• Rule source
• Test source

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