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TS2773
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Did you forget to use 'await'?

Production Risk

Build will fail; resolve before shipping.

What this means

A type-checking error (TS2773): Did you forget to use 'await'?. This diagnostic is emitted by the TypeScript compiler when did you forget to use 'await'?.

Why it happens
  1. 1await used outside an async function, or async/await return type mismatch
How to reproduce

TypeScript compiler reports TS2773 during type checking.

trigger — this will error
trigger — this will error
// Triggers TS2773
// Did you forget to use 'await'?

expected output

error TS2773: Did you forget to use 'await'?

Fix

Add 'async' to the containing function

WHEN Using await outside an async function

Add 'async' to the containing function
// Mark the function as async
async function fetchData() {
  const result = await fetch('/api/data');
  return result.json();
}

Why this works

await can only be used inside async functions; the 'async' keyword makes the function return a Promise.

Sources
Official documentation ↗

TypeScript Compiler Diagnostics

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