no-useless-await.md

Disallow unnecessary awaits for Playwright methods (no-useless-await)

Some Playwright methods are frequently, yet incorrectly, awaited when the await expression has no effect.

Rule Details

Examples of incorrect code for this rule:

await page.locator('.my-element')
await page.getByRole('.my-element')

await expect(1).toBe(1)
await expect(true).toBeTruthy()

Examples of correct code for this rule:

page.locator('.my-element')
page.getByRole('.my-element')

await page.$('.my-element')
await page.goto('.my-element')

expect(1).toBe(1)
expect(true).toBeTruthy()

await expect(page.locator('.foo')).toBeVisible()
await expect(page.locator('.foo')).toHaveText('bar')