@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin/docs/rules/promise-function-async.md

# `promise-function-async`

Requires any function or method that returns a Promise to be marked async.

Requires any function or method that returns a Promise to be marked async.
Ensures that each function is only capable of:

- returning a rejected promise, or
- throwing an Error object.

In contrast, non-`async` `Promise` - returning functions are technically capable of either.
Code that handles the results of those functions will often need to handle both cases, which can get complex.
This rule's practice removes a requirement for creating code to handle both cases.

## Rule Details

Examples of code for this rule

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### ❌ Incorrect

```ts
const arrowFunctionReturnsPromise = () => Promise.resolve('value');

function functionReturnsPromise() {
  return Promise.resolve('value');
}
```

### ✅ Correct

```ts
const arrowFunctionReturnsPromise = async () => Promise.resolve('value');

async function functionReturnsPromise() {
  return Promise.resolve('value');
}
```

## Options

Options may be provided as an object with:

- `allowAny` to indicate that `any` or `unknown` shouldn't be considered Promises (`true` by default).
- `allowedPromiseNames` to indicate any extra names of classes or interfaces to be considered Promises when returned.

In addition, each of the following properties may be provided, and default to `true`:

- `checkArrowFunctions`
- `checkFunctionDeclarations`
- `checkFunctionExpressions`
- `checkMethodDeclarations`

```json
{
  "@typescript-eslint/promise-function-async": [
    "error",
    {
      "allowedPromiseNames": ["Thenable"],
      "checkArrowFunctions": true,
      "checkFunctionDeclarations": true,
      "checkFunctionExpressions": true,
      "checkMethodDeclarations": true
    }
  ]
}
```

## Related To

- TSLint: [promise-function-async](https://palantir.github.io/tslint/rules/promise-function-async)

## Attributes

- Configs:
  - [ ] ✅ Recommended
  - [ ] 🔒 Strict
- [x] 🔧 Fixable
- [x] 💭 Requires type information