no-thenable

March 27, 2026 · View on GitHub

📝 Disallow then property.

💼 This rule is enabled in the following configs: ✅ recommended, ☑️ unopinionated.

If an object is defined as "thenable", once it's accidentally used in an await expression, it may cause problems:

const foo = {
	unicorn: 1,
	then() {},
};

const {unicorn} = await foo;

console.log('after'); //<- This will never execute
const foo = {
	unicorn: 1,
	then() {
		throw new Error('You shouldn’t have called me')
	},
};

const {unicorn} = await foo;
// Error: You shouldn’t have called me

If a module has an export named then, dynamic import() may not work as expected:

// foo.js

export function then () {
	throw new Error('You shouldn’t have called me')
}
// bar.js

const foo = await import('./foo.js');
// Error: You shouldn’t have called me

Examples

// ❌
export {then};

// ✅
export {then as success};
// ❌
const foo = {
	then() {}
};

// ✅
const foo = {
	success() {}
};
// ❌
const foo = {
	get then() {}
};

// ✅
const foo = {
	get success() {}
};
// ❌
foo.then = function () {}

// ✅
foo.success = function () {}
// ❌
class Foo {
	then() {}
}

// ✅
class Foo {
	success() {}
}
// ❌
class Foo {
	static then() {}
}

// ✅
class Foo {
	static success() {}
}
// ✅
const foo = bar.then;