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unicorn/no-unnecessary-await Correctness

This rule is turned on by default.
🛠️ An auto-fix is available for this rule for some violations.

What it does

Disallow awaiting on non-promise values.

Why is this bad?

The await operator should only be used on Promise values.

Example

javascript
async function bad() {
  await await promise;
}

How to use

To enable this rule in the CLI or using the config file, you can use:

bash
oxlint --deny unicorn/no-unnecessary-await
json
{
  "rules": {
    "unicorn/no-unnecessary-await": "error"
  }
}

References

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