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Parallel and Sequential Errors

When working with Effect, if an error occurs, the default behavior is to fail with the first error encountered.

Example (Failing on the First Error)

Here, the program fails with the first error it encounters, "Oh uh!".

import {
import Effect

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Effect
} from "effect"
const
const fail: Effect.Effect<never, string, never>
fail
=
import Effect

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Effect
.
const fail: <string>(error: string) => Effect.Effect<never, string, never>

Creates an Effect that represents a recoverable error.

When to Use

Use this function to explicitly signal an error in an Effect. The error will keep propagating unless it is handled. You can handle the error with functions like

catchAll

or

catchTag

.

@seesucceed to create an effect that represents a successful value.

@example

// Title: Creating a Failed Effect
import { Effect } from "effect"
// ┌─── Effect<never, Error, never>
// ▼
const failure = Effect.fail(
new Error("Operation failed due to network error")
)

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fail
("Oh uh!")
const
const die: Effect.Effect<never, never, never>
die
=
import Effect

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Effect
.
const dieMessage: (message: string) => Effect.Effect<never>

Creates an effect that terminates a fiber with a RuntimeException containing the specified message.

Details

This function is used to signal a defect, representing a critical and unexpected error in the code. When invoked, it produces an effect that terminates the fiber with a RuntimeException carrying the given message.

The resulting effect has an error channel of type never, indicating it does not handle or recover from the error.

When to Use

Use this function when you want to terminate a fiber due to an unrecoverable defect and include a clear explanation in the message.

@seedie for a variant that throws a specified error.

@seedieSync for a variant that throws a specified error, evaluated lazily.

@example

// Title: Terminating on Division by Zero with a Specified Message
import { Effect } from "effect"
const divide = (a: number, b: number) =>
b === 0
? Effect.dieMessage("Cannot divide by zero")
: Effect.succeed(a / b)
// ┌─── Effect<number, never, never>
// ▼
const program = divide(1, 0)
// Effect.runPromise(program).catch(console.error)
// Output:
// (FiberFailure) RuntimeException: Cannot divide by zero
// ...stack trace...

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dieMessage
("Boom!")
// Run both effects sequentially
const
const program: Effect.Effect<[never, never], string, never>
program
=
import Effect

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Effect
.
const all: <readonly [Effect.Effect<never, string, never>, Effect.Effect<never, never, never>], {
readonly concurrency?: Concurrency | undefined;
readonly batching?: boolean | "inherit" | undefined;
readonly discard?: boolean | undefined;
readonly mode?: "default" | "validate" | "either" | undefined;
readonly concurrentFinalizers?: boolean | undefined;
}>(arg: readonly [...], options?: {
readonly concurrency?: Concurrency | undefined;
readonly batching?: boolean | "inherit" | undefined;
readonly discard?: boolean | undefined;
readonly mode?: "default" | "validate" | "either" | undefined;
readonly concurrentFinalizers?: boolean | undefined;
} | undefined) => Effect.Effect<...>

Combines multiple effects into one, returning results based on the input structure.

Details

Use this function when you need to run multiple effects and combine their results into a single output. It supports tuples, iterables, structs, and records, making it flexible for different input types.

For instance, if the input is a tuple:

// ┌─── a tuple of effects
// ▼
Effect.all([effect1, effect2, ...])

the effects are executed sequentially, and the result is a new effect containing the results as a tuple. The results in the tuple match the order of the effects passed to Effect.all.

Concurrency

You can control the execution order (e.g., sequential vs. concurrent) using the concurrency option.

Short-Circuiting Behavior

This function stops execution on the first error it encounters, this is called "short-circuiting". If any effect in the collection fails, the remaining effects will not run, and the error will be propagated. To change this behavior, you can use the mode option, which allows all effects to run and collect results as Either or Option.

The mode option

The { mode: "either" } option changes the behavior of Effect.all to ensure all effects run, even if some fail. Instead of stopping on the first failure, this mode collects both successes and failures, returning an array of Either instances where each result is either a Right (success) or a Left (failure).

Similarly, the { mode: "validate" } option uses Option to indicate success or failure. Each effect returns None for success and Some with the error for failure.

@seeforEach for iterating over elements and applying an effect.

@seeallWith for a data-last version of this function.

@example

// Title: Combining Effects in Tuples
import { Effect, Console } from "effect"
const tupleOfEffects = [
Effect.succeed(42).pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)),
Effect.succeed("Hello").pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log))
] as const
// ┌─── Effect<[number, string], never, never>
// ▼
const resultsAsTuple = Effect.all(tupleOfEffects)
// Effect.runPromise(resultsAsTuple).then(console.log)
// Output:
// 42
// Hello
// [ 42, 'Hello' ]

@example

// Title: Combining Effects in Iterables import { Effect, Console } from "effect"

const iterableOfEffects: Iterable<Effect.Effect> = [1, 2, 3].map( (n) => Effect.succeed(n).pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)) )

// ┌─── Effect<number[], never, never> // ▼ const resultsAsArray = Effect.all(iterableOfEffects)

// Effect.runPromise(resultsAsArray).then(console.log) // Output: // 1 // 2 // 3 // [ 1, 2, 3 ]

@example

// Title: Combining Effects in Structs import { Effect, Console } from "effect"

const structOfEffects = { a: Effect.succeed(42).pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)), b: Effect.succeed("Hello").pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)) }

// ┌─── Effect<{ a: number; b: string; }, never, never> // ▼ const resultsAsStruct = Effect.all(structOfEffects)

// Effect.runPromise(resultsAsStruct).then(console.log) // Output: // 42 // Hello // { a: 42, b: 'Hello' }

@example

// Title: Combining Effects in Records import { Effect, Console } from "effect"

const recordOfEffects: Record<string, Effect.Effect> = { key1: Effect.succeed(1).pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)), key2: Effect.succeed(2).pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)) }

// ┌─── Effect<{ [x: string]: number; }, never, never> // ▼ const resultsAsRecord = Effect.all(recordOfEffects)

// Effect.runPromise(resultsAsRecord).then(console.log) // Output: // 1 // 2 // { key1: 1, key2: 2 }

@example

// Title: Short-Circuiting Behavior import { Effect, Console } from "effect"

const program = Effect.all([ Effect.succeed("Task1").pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)), Effect.fail("Task2: Oh no!").pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)), // Won't execute due to earlier failure Effect.succeed("Task3").pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)) ])

// Effect.runPromiseExit(program).then(console.log) // Output: // Task1 // { // _id: 'Exit', // _tag: 'Failure', // cause: { _id: 'Cause', _tag: 'Fail', failure: 'Task2: Oh no!' } // }

@example

// Title: Collecting Results with mode: "either" import { Effect, Console } from "effect"

const effects = [ Effect.succeed("Task1").pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)), Effect.fail("Task2: Oh no!").pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)), Effect.succeed("Task3").pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)) ]

const program = Effect.all(effects, { mode: "either" })

// Effect.runPromiseExit(program).then(console.log) // Output: // Task1 // Task3 // { // _id: 'Exit', // _tag: 'Success', // value: [ // { _id: 'Either', _tag: 'Right', right: 'Task1' }, // { _id: 'Either', _tag: 'Left', left: 'Task2: Oh no!' }, // { _id: 'Either', _tag: 'Right', right: 'Task3' } // ] // }

@example

//Example: Collecting Results with mode: "validate" import { Effect, Console } from "effect"

const effects = [ Effect.succeed("Task1").pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)), Effect.fail("Task2: Oh no!").pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)), Effect.succeed("Task3").pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)) ]

const program = Effect.all(effects, { mode: "validate" })

// Effect.runPromiseExit(program).then((result) => console.log("%o", result)) // Output: // Task1 // Task3 // { // _id: 'Exit', // _tag: 'Failure', // cause: { // _id: 'Cause', // _tag: 'Fail', // failure: [ // { _id: 'Option', _tag: 'None' }, // { _id: 'Option', _tag: 'Some', value: 'Task2: Oh no!' }, // { _id: 'Option', _tag: 'None' } // ] // } // }

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all
([
const fail: Effect.Effect<never, string, never>
fail
,
const die: Effect.Effect<never, never, never>
die
])
import Effect

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Effect
.
const runPromiseExit: <[never, never], string>(effect: Effect.Effect<[never, never], string, never>, options?: {
readonly signal?: AbortSignal;
} | undefined) => Promise<Exit<[never, never], string>>

Runs an effect and returns a Promise that resolves to an Exit, representing the outcome.

Details

This function executes an effect and resolves to an Exit object. The Exit type provides detailed information about the result of the effect:

  • If the effect succeeds, the Exit will be of type Success and include the value produced by the effect.
  • If the effect fails, the Exit will be of type Failure and contain a Cause object, detailing the failure.

Using this function allows you to examine both successful results and failure cases in a unified way, while still leveraging Promise for handling the asynchronous behavior of the effect.

When to Use

Use this function when you need to understand the outcome of an effect, whether it succeeded or failed, and want to work with this result using Promise syntax. This is particularly useful when integrating with systems that rely on promises but need more detailed error handling than a simple rejection.

@example

// Title: Handling Results as Exit
import { Effect } from "effect"
// Execute a successful effect and get the Exit result as a Promise
// Effect.runPromiseExit(Effect.succeed(1)).then(console.log)
// Output:
// {
// _id: "Exit",
// _tag: "Success",
// value: 1
// }
// Execute a failing effect and get the Exit result as a Promise
// Effect.runPromiseExit(Effect.fail("my error")).then(console.log)
// Output:
// {
// _id: "Exit",
// _tag: "Failure",
// cause: {
// _id: "Cause",
// _tag: "Fail",
// failure: "my error"
// }
// }

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runPromiseExit
(
const program: Effect.Effect<[never, never], string, never>
program
).
Promise<Exit<[never, never], string>>.then<void, never>(onfulfilled?: ((value: Exit<[never, never], string>) => void | PromiseLike<void>) | null | undefined, onrejected?: ((reason: any) => PromiseLike<never>) | null | undefined): Promise<...>

Attaches callbacks for the resolution and/or rejection of the Promise.

@paramonfulfilled The callback to execute when the Promise is resolved.

@paramonrejected The callback to execute when the Promise is rejected.

@returnsA Promise for the completion of which ever callback is executed.

then
(
var console: Console

The console module provides a simple debugging console that is similar to the JavaScript console mechanism provided by web browsers.

The module exports two specific components:

  • A Console class with methods such as console.log(), console.error() and console.warn() that can be used to write to any Node.js stream.
  • A global console instance configured to write to process.stdout and process.stderr. The global console can be used without importing the node:console module.

Warning: The global console object's methods are neither consistently synchronous like the browser APIs they resemble, nor are they consistently asynchronous like all other Node.js streams. See the note on process I/O for more information.

Example using the global console:

console.log('hello world');
// Prints: hello world, to stdout
console.log('hello %s', 'world');
// Prints: hello world, to stdout
console.error(new Error('Whoops, something bad happened'));
// Prints error message and stack trace to stderr:
// Error: Whoops, something bad happened
// at [eval]:5:15
// at Script.runInThisContext (node:vm:132:18)
// at Object.runInThisContext (node:vm:309:38)
// at node:internal/process/execution:77:19
// at [eval]-wrapper:6:22
// at evalScript (node:internal/process/execution:76:60)
// at node:internal/main/eval_string:23:3
const name = 'Will Robinson';
console.warn(`Danger ${name}! Danger!`);
// Prints: Danger Will Robinson! Danger!, to stderr

Example using the Console class:

const out = getStreamSomehow();
const err = getStreamSomehow();
const myConsole = new console.Console(out, err);
myConsole.log('hello world');
// Prints: hello world, to out
myConsole.log('hello %s', 'world');
// Prints: hello world, to out
myConsole.error(new Error('Whoops, something bad happened'));
// Prints: [Error: Whoops, something bad happened], to err
const name = 'Will Robinson';
myConsole.warn(`Danger ${name}! Danger!`);
// Prints: Danger Will Robinson! Danger!, to err

@seesource

console
.
Console.log(message?: any, ...optionalParams: any[]): void

Prints to stdout with newline. Multiple arguments can be passed, with the first used as the primary message and all additional used as substitution values similar to printf(3) (the arguments are all passed to util.format()).

const count = 5;
console.log('count: %d', count);
// Prints: count: 5, to stdout
console.log('count:', count);
// Prints: count: 5, to stdout

See util.format() for more information.

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log
)
/*
Output:
{
_id: 'Exit',
_tag: 'Failure',
cause: { _id: 'Cause', _tag: 'Fail', failure: 'Oh uh!' }
}
*/

In some cases, you might encounter multiple errors, especially during concurrent computations. When tasks are run concurrently, multiple errors can happen at the same time.

Example (Handling Multiple Errors in Concurrent Computations)

In this example, both the fail and die effects are executed concurrently. Since both fail, the program will report multiple errors in the output.

import {
import Effect

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Effect
} from "effect"
const
const fail: Effect.Effect<never, string, never>
fail
=
import Effect

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Effect
.
const fail: <string>(error: string) => Effect.Effect<never, string, never>

Creates an Effect that represents a recoverable error.

When to Use

Use this function to explicitly signal an error in an Effect. The error will keep propagating unless it is handled. You can handle the error with functions like

catchAll

or

catchTag

.

@seesucceed to create an effect that represents a successful value.

@example

// Title: Creating a Failed Effect
import { Effect } from "effect"
// ┌─── Effect<never, Error, never>
// ▼
const failure = Effect.fail(
new Error("Operation failed due to network error")
)

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fail
("Oh uh!")
const
const die: Effect.Effect<never, never, never>
die
=
import Effect

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Effect
.
const dieMessage: (message: string) => Effect.Effect<never>

Creates an effect that terminates a fiber with a RuntimeException containing the specified message.

Details

This function is used to signal a defect, representing a critical and unexpected error in the code. When invoked, it produces an effect that terminates the fiber with a RuntimeException carrying the given message.

The resulting effect has an error channel of type never, indicating it does not handle or recover from the error.

When to Use

Use this function when you want to terminate a fiber due to an unrecoverable defect and include a clear explanation in the message.

@seedie for a variant that throws a specified error.

@seedieSync for a variant that throws a specified error, evaluated lazily.

@example

// Title: Terminating on Division by Zero with a Specified Message
import { Effect } from "effect"
const divide = (a: number, b: number) =>
b === 0
? Effect.dieMessage("Cannot divide by zero")
: Effect.succeed(a / b)
// ┌─── Effect<number, never, never>
// ▼
const program = divide(1, 0)
// Effect.runPromise(program).catch(console.error)
// Output:
// (FiberFailure) RuntimeException: Cannot divide by zero
// ...stack trace...

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dieMessage
("Boom!")
// Run both effects concurrently
const
const program: Effect.Effect<void, string, never>
program
=
import Effect

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Effect
.
const all: <readonly [Effect.Effect<never, string, never>, Effect.Effect<never, never, never>], {
concurrency: "unbounded";
}>(arg: readonly [Effect.Effect<never, string, never>, Effect.Effect<...>], options?: {
concurrency: "unbounded";
} | undefined) => Effect.Effect<...>

Combines multiple effects into one, returning results based on the input structure.

Details

Use this function when you need to run multiple effects and combine their results into a single output. It supports tuples, iterables, structs, and records, making it flexible for different input types.

For instance, if the input is a tuple:

// ┌─── a tuple of effects
// ▼
Effect.all([effect1, effect2, ...])

the effects are executed sequentially, and the result is a new effect containing the results as a tuple. The results in the tuple match the order of the effects passed to Effect.all.

Concurrency

You can control the execution order (e.g., sequential vs. concurrent) using the concurrency option.

Short-Circuiting Behavior

This function stops execution on the first error it encounters, this is called "short-circuiting". If any effect in the collection fails, the remaining effects will not run, and the error will be propagated. To change this behavior, you can use the mode option, which allows all effects to run and collect results as Either or Option.

The mode option

The { mode: "either" } option changes the behavior of Effect.all to ensure all effects run, even if some fail. Instead of stopping on the first failure, this mode collects both successes and failures, returning an array of Either instances where each result is either a Right (success) or a Left (failure).

Similarly, the { mode: "validate" } option uses Option to indicate success or failure. Each effect returns None for success and Some with the error for failure.

@seeforEach for iterating over elements and applying an effect.

@seeallWith for a data-last version of this function.

@example

// Title: Combining Effects in Tuples
import { Effect, Console } from "effect"
const tupleOfEffects = [
Effect.succeed(42).pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)),
Effect.succeed("Hello").pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log))
] as const
// ┌─── Effect<[number, string], never, never>
// ▼
const resultsAsTuple = Effect.all(tupleOfEffects)
// Effect.runPromise(resultsAsTuple).then(console.log)
// Output:
// 42
// Hello
// [ 42, 'Hello' ]

@example

// Title: Combining Effects in Iterables import { Effect, Console } from "effect"

const iterableOfEffects: Iterable<Effect.Effect> = [1, 2, 3].map( (n) => Effect.succeed(n).pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)) )

// ┌─── Effect<number[], never, never> // ▼ const resultsAsArray = Effect.all(iterableOfEffects)

// Effect.runPromise(resultsAsArray).then(console.log) // Output: // 1 // 2 // 3 // [ 1, 2, 3 ]

@example

// Title: Combining Effects in Structs import { Effect, Console } from "effect"

const structOfEffects = { a: Effect.succeed(42).pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)), b: Effect.succeed("Hello").pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)) }

// ┌─── Effect<{ a: number; b: string; }, never, never> // ▼ const resultsAsStruct = Effect.all(structOfEffects)

// Effect.runPromise(resultsAsStruct).then(console.log) // Output: // 42 // Hello // { a: 42, b: 'Hello' }

@example

// Title: Combining Effects in Records import { Effect, Console } from "effect"

const recordOfEffects: Record<string, Effect.Effect> = { key1: Effect.succeed(1).pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)), key2: Effect.succeed(2).pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)) }

// ┌─── Effect<{ [x: string]: number; }, never, never> // ▼ const resultsAsRecord = Effect.all(recordOfEffects)

// Effect.runPromise(resultsAsRecord).then(console.log) // Output: // 1 // 2 // { key1: 1, key2: 2 }

@example

// Title: Short-Circuiting Behavior import { Effect, Console } from "effect"

const program = Effect.all([ Effect.succeed("Task1").pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)), Effect.fail("Task2: Oh no!").pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)), // Won't execute due to earlier failure Effect.succeed("Task3").pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)) ])

// Effect.runPromiseExit(program).then(console.log) // Output: // Task1 // { // _id: 'Exit', // _tag: 'Failure', // cause: { _id: 'Cause', _tag: 'Fail', failure: 'Task2: Oh no!' } // }

@example

// Title: Collecting Results with mode: "either" import { Effect, Console } from "effect"

const effects = [ Effect.succeed("Task1").pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)), Effect.fail("Task2: Oh no!").pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)), Effect.succeed("Task3").pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)) ]

const program = Effect.all(effects, { mode: "either" })

// Effect.runPromiseExit(program).then(console.log) // Output: // Task1 // Task3 // { // _id: 'Exit', // _tag: 'Success', // value: [ // { _id: 'Either', _tag: 'Right', right: 'Task1' }, // { _id: 'Either', _tag: 'Left', left: 'Task2: Oh no!' }, // { _id: 'Either', _tag: 'Right', right: 'Task3' } // ] // }

@example

//Example: Collecting Results with mode: "validate" import { Effect, Console } from "effect"

const effects = [ Effect.succeed("Task1").pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)), Effect.fail("Task2: Oh no!").pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)), Effect.succeed("Task3").pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)) ]

const program = Effect.all(effects, { mode: "validate" })

// Effect.runPromiseExit(program).then((result) => console.log("%o", result)) // Output: // Task1 // Task3 // { // _id: 'Exit', // _tag: 'Failure', // cause: { // _id: 'Cause', // _tag: 'Fail', // failure: [ // { _id: 'Option', _tag: 'None' }, // { _id: 'Option', _tag: 'Some', value: 'Task2: Oh no!' }, // { _id: 'Option', _tag: 'None' } // ] // } // }

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all
([
const fail: Effect.Effect<never, string, never>
fail
,
const die: Effect.Effect<never, never, never>
die
], {
concurrency: "unbounded"
concurrency
: "unbounded"
}).
Pipeable.pipe<Effect.Effect<[never, never], string, never>, Effect.Effect<void, string, never>>(this: Effect.Effect<...>, ab: (_: Effect.Effect<[never, never], string, never>) => Effect.Effect<void, string, never>): Effect.Effect<...> (+21 overloads)
pipe
(
import Effect

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Effect
.
const asVoid: <A, E, R>(self: Effect.Effect<A, E, R>) => Effect.Effect<void, E, R>

This function maps the success value of an Effect value to void. If the original Effect value succeeds, the returned Effect value will also succeed. If the original Effect value fails, the returned Effect value will fail with the same error.

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asVoid
)
import Effect

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Effect
.
const runPromiseExit: <void, string>(effect: Effect.Effect<void, string, never>, options?: {
readonly signal?: AbortSignal;
} | undefined) => Promise<Exit<void, string>>

Runs an effect and returns a Promise that resolves to an Exit, representing the outcome.

Details

This function executes an effect and resolves to an Exit object. The Exit type provides detailed information about the result of the effect:

  • If the effect succeeds, the Exit will be of type Success and include the value produced by the effect.
  • If the effect fails, the Exit will be of type Failure and contain a Cause object, detailing the failure.

Using this function allows you to examine both successful results and failure cases in a unified way, while still leveraging Promise for handling the asynchronous behavior of the effect.

When to Use

Use this function when you need to understand the outcome of an effect, whether it succeeded or failed, and want to work with this result using Promise syntax. This is particularly useful when integrating with systems that rely on promises but need more detailed error handling than a simple rejection.

@example

// Title: Handling Results as Exit
import { Effect } from "effect"
// Execute a successful effect and get the Exit result as a Promise
// Effect.runPromiseExit(Effect.succeed(1)).then(console.log)
// Output:
// {
// _id: "Exit",
// _tag: "Success",
// value: 1
// }
// Execute a failing effect and get the Exit result as a Promise
// Effect.runPromiseExit(Effect.fail("my error")).then(console.log)
// Output:
// {
// _id: "Exit",
// _tag: "Failure",
// cause: {
// _id: "Cause",
// _tag: "Fail",
// failure: "my error"
// }
// }

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runPromiseExit
(
const program: Effect.Effect<void, string, never>
program
).
Promise<Exit<void, string>>.then<void, never>(onfulfilled?: ((value: Exit<void, string>) => void | PromiseLike<void>) | null | undefined, onrejected?: ((reason: any) => PromiseLike<never>) | null | undefined): Promise<...>

Attaches callbacks for the resolution and/or rejection of the Promise.

@paramonfulfilled The callback to execute when the Promise is resolved.

@paramonrejected The callback to execute when the Promise is rejected.

@returnsA Promise for the completion of which ever callback is executed.

then
(
var console: Console

The console module provides a simple debugging console that is similar to the JavaScript console mechanism provided by web browsers.

The module exports two specific components:

  • A Console class with methods such as console.log(), console.error() and console.warn() that can be used to write to any Node.js stream.
  • A global console instance configured to write to process.stdout and process.stderr. The global console can be used without importing the node:console module.

Warning: The global console object's methods are neither consistently synchronous like the browser APIs they resemble, nor are they consistently asynchronous like all other Node.js streams. See the note on process I/O for more information.

Example using the global console:

console.log('hello world');
// Prints: hello world, to stdout
console.log('hello %s', 'world');
// Prints: hello world, to stdout
console.error(new Error('Whoops, something bad happened'));
// Prints error message and stack trace to stderr:
// Error: Whoops, something bad happened
// at [eval]:5:15
// at Script.runInThisContext (node:vm:132:18)
// at Object.runInThisContext (node:vm:309:38)
// at node:internal/process/execution:77:19
// at [eval]-wrapper:6:22
// at evalScript (node:internal/process/execution:76:60)
// at node:internal/main/eval_string:23:3
const name = 'Will Robinson';
console.warn(`Danger ${name}! Danger!`);
// Prints: Danger Will Robinson! Danger!, to stderr

Example using the Console class:

const out = getStreamSomehow();
const err = getStreamSomehow();
const myConsole = new console.Console(out, err);
myConsole.log('hello world');
// Prints: hello world, to out
myConsole.log('hello %s', 'world');
// Prints: hello world, to out
myConsole.error(new Error('Whoops, something bad happened'));
// Prints: [Error: Whoops, something bad happened], to err
const name = 'Will Robinson';
myConsole.warn(`Danger ${name}! Danger!`);
// Prints: Danger Will Robinson! Danger!, to err

@seesource

console
.
Console.log(message?: any, ...optionalParams: any[]): void

Prints to stdout with newline. Multiple arguments can be passed, with the first used as the primary message and all additional used as substitution values similar to printf(3) (the arguments are all passed to util.format()).

const count = 5;
console.log('count: %d', count);
// Prints: count: 5, to stdout
console.log('count:', count);
// Prints: count: 5, to stdout

See util.format() for more information.

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log
)
/*
Output:
{
_id: 'Exit',
_tag: 'Failure',
cause: {
_id: 'Cause',
_tag: 'Parallel',
left: { _id: 'Cause', _tag: 'Fail', failure: 'Oh uh!' },
right: { _id: 'Cause', _tag: 'Die', defect: [Object] }
}
}
*/

Effect provides a function called Effect.parallelErrors that captures all failure errors from concurrent operations in the error channel.

Example (Capturing Multiple Concurrent Failures)

In this example, Effect.parallelErrors combines the errors from fail1 and fail2 into a single error.

import {
import Effect

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@since2.0.0

@since2.0.0

Effect
} from "effect"
const
const fail1: Effect.Effect<never, string, never>
fail1
=
import Effect

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@since2.0.0

@since2.0.0

Effect
.
const fail: <string>(error: string) => Effect.Effect<never, string, never>

Creates an Effect that represents a recoverable error.

When to Use

Use this function to explicitly signal an error in an Effect. The error will keep propagating unless it is handled. You can handle the error with functions like

catchAll

or

catchTag

.

@seesucceed to create an effect that represents a successful value.

@example

// Title: Creating a Failed Effect
import { Effect } from "effect"
// ┌─── Effect<never, Error, never>
// ▼
const failure = Effect.fail(
new Error("Operation failed due to network error")
)

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fail
("Oh uh!")
const
const fail2: Effect.Effect<never, string, never>
fail2
=
import Effect

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@since2.0.0

@since2.0.0

Effect
.
const fail: <string>(error: string) => Effect.Effect<never, string, never>

Creates an Effect that represents a recoverable error.

When to Use

Use this function to explicitly signal an error in an Effect. The error will keep propagating unless it is handled. You can handle the error with functions like

catchAll

or

catchTag

.

@seesucceed to create an effect that represents a successful value.

@example

// Title: Creating a Failed Effect
import { Effect } from "effect"
// ┌─── Effect<never, Error, never>
// ▼
const failure = Effect.fail(
new Error("Operation failed due to network error")
)

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fail
("Oh no!")
const
const die: Effect.Effect<never, never, never>
die
=
import Effect

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@since2.0.0

@since2.0.0

Effect
.
const dieMessage: (message: string) => Effect.Effect<never>

Creates an effect that terminates a fiber with a RuntimeException containing the specified message.

Details

This function is used to signal a defect, representing a critical and unexpected error in the code. When invoked, it produces an effect that terminates the fiber with a RuntimeException carrying the given message.

The resulting effect has an error channel of type never, indicating it does not handle or recover from the error.

When to Use

Use this function when you want to terminate a fiber due to an unrecoverable defect and include a clear explanation in the message.

@seedie for a variant that throws a specified error.

@seedieSync for a variant that throws a specified error, evaluated lazily.

@example

// Title: Terminating on Division by Zero with a Specified Message
import { Effect } from "effect"
const divide = (a: number, b: number) =>
b === 0
? Effect.dieMessage("Cannot divide by zero")
: Effect.succeed(a / b)
// ┌─── Effect<number, never, never>
// ▼
const program = divide(1, 0)
// Effect.runPromise(program).catch(console.error)
// Output:
// (FiberFailure) RuntimeException: Cannot divide by zero
// ...stack trace...

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dieMessage
("Boom!")
// Run all effects concurrently and capture all errors
const
const program: Effect.Effect<void, string[], never>
program
=
import Effect

@since2.0.0

@since2.0.0

@since2.0.0

Effect
.
const all: <readonly [Effect.Effect<never, string, never>, Effect.Effect<never, string, never>, Effect.Effect<never, never, never>], {
concurrency: "unbounded";
}>(arg: readonly [...], options?: {
concurrency: "unbounded";
} | undefined) => Effect.Effect<...>

Combines multiple effects into one, returning results based on the input structure.

Details

Use this function when you need to run multiple effects and combine their results into a single output. It supports tuples, iterables, structs, and records, making it flexible for different input types.

For instance, if the input is a tuple:

// ┌─── a tuple of effects
// ▼
Effect.all([effect1, effect2, ...])

the effects are executed sequentially, and the result is a new effect containing the results as a tuple. The results in the tuple match the order of the effects passed to Effect.all.

Concurrency

You can control the execution order (e.g., sequential vs. concurrent) using the concurrency option.

Short-Circuiting Behavior

This function stops execution on the first error it encounters, this is called "short-circuiting". If any effect in the collection fails, the remaining effects will not run, and the error will be propagated. To change this behavior, you can use the mode option, which allows all effects to run and collect results as Either or Option.

The mode option

The { mode: "either" } option changes the behavior of Effect.all to ensure all effects run, even if some fail. Instead of stopping on the first failure, this mode collects both successes and failures, returning an array of Either instances where each result is either a Right (success) or a Left (failure).

Similarly, the { mode: "validate" } option uses Option to indicate success or failure. Each effect returns None for success and Some with the error for failure.

@seeforEach for iterating over elements and applying an effect.

@seeallWith for a data-last version of this function.

@example

// Title: Combining Effects in Tuples
import { Effect, Console } from "effect"
const tupleOfEffects = [
Effect.succeed(42).pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)),
Effect.succeed("Hello").pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log))
] as const
// ┌─── Effect<[number, string], never, never>
// ▼
const resultsAsTuple = Effect.all(tupleOfEffects)
// Effect.runPromise(resultsAsTuple).then(console.log)
// Output:
// 42
// Hello
// [ 42, 'Hello' ]

@example

// Title: Combining Effects in Iterables import { Effect, Console } from "effect"

const iterableOfEffects: Iterable<Effect.Effect> = [1, 2, 3].map( (n) => Effect.succeed(n).pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)) )

// ┌─── Effect<number[], never, never> // ▼ const resultsAsArray = Effect.all(iterableOfEffects)

// Effect.runPromise(resultsAsArray).then(console.log) // Output: // 1 // 2 // 3 // [ 1, 2, 3 ]

@example

// Title: Combining Effects in Structs import { Effect, Console } from "effect"

const structOfEffects = { a: Effect.succeed(42).pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)), b: Effect.succeed("Hello").pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)) }

// ┌─── Effect<{ a: number; b: string; }, never, never> // ▼ const resultsAsStruct = Effect.all(structOfEffects)

// Effect.runPromise(resultsAsStruct).then(console.log) // Output: // 42 // Hello // { a: 42, b: 'Hello' }

@example

// Title: Combining Effects in Records import { Effect, Console } from "effect"

const recordOfEffects: Record<string, Effect.Effect> = { key1: Effect.succeed(1).pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)), key2: Effect.succeed(2).pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)) }

// ┌─── Effect<{ [x: string]: number; }, never, never> // ▼ const resultsAsRecord = Effect.all(recordOfEffects)

// Effect.runPromise(resultsAsRecord).then(console.log) // Output: // 1 // 2 // { key1: 1, key2: 2 }

@example

// Title: Short-Circuiting Behavior import { Effect, Console } from "effect"

const program = Effect.all([ Effect.succeed("Task1").pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)), Effect.fail("Task2: Oh no!").pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)), // Won't execute due to earlier failure Effect.succeed("Task3").pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)) ])

// Effect.runPromiseExit(program).then(console.log) // Output: // Task1 // { // _id: 'Exit', // _tag: 'Failure', // cause: { _id: 'Cause', _tag: 'Fail', failure: 'Task2: Oh no!' } // }

@example

// Title: Collecting Results with mode: "either" import { Effect, Console } from "effect"

const effects = [ Effect.succeed("Task1").pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)), Effect.fail("Task2: Oh no!").pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)), Effect.succeed("Task3").pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)) ]

const program = Effect.all(effects, { mode: "either" })

// Effect.runPromiseExit(program).then(console.log) // Output: // Task1 // Task3 // { // _id: 'Exit', // _tag: 'Success', // value: [ // { _id: 'Either', _tag: 'Right', right: 'Task1' }, // { _id: 'Either', _tag: 'Left', left: 'Task2: Oh no!' }, // { _id: 'Either', _tag: 'Right', right: 'Task3' } // ] // }

@example

//Example: Collecting Results with mode: "validate" import { Effect, Console } from "effect"

const effects = [ Effect.succeed("Task1").pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)), Effect.fail("Task2: Oh no!").pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)), Effect.succeed("Task3").pipe(Effect.tap(Console.log)) ]

const program = Effect.all(effects, { mode: "validate" })

// Effect.runPromiseExit(program).then((result) => console.log("%o", result)) // Output: // Task1 // Task3 // { // _id: 'Exit', // _tag: 'Failure', // cause: { // _id: 'Cause', // _tag: 'Fail', // failure: [ // { _id: 'Option', _tag: 'None' }, // { _id: 'Option', _tag: 'Some', value: 'Task2: Oh no!' }, // { _id: 'Option', _tag: 'None' } // ] // } // }

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all
([
const fail1: Effect.Effect<never, string, never>
fail1
,
const fail2: Effect.Effect<never, string, never>
fail2
,
const die: Effect.Effect<never, never, never>
die
], {
concurrency: "unbounded"
concurrency
: "unbounded"
}).
Pipeable.pipe<Effect.Effect<[never, never, never], string, never>, Effect.Effect<void, string, never>, Effect.Effect<void, string[], never>>(this: Effect.Effect<...>, ab: (_: Effect.Effect<[never, never, never], string, never>) => Effect.Effect<...>, bc: (_: Effect.Effect<...>) => Effect.Effect<...>): Effect.Effect<...> (+21 overloads)
pipe
(
import Effect

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@since2.0.0

Effect
.
const asVoid: <A, E, R>(self: Effect.Effect<A, E, R>) => Effect.Effect<void, E, R>

This function maps the success value of an Effect value to void. If the original Effect value succeeds, the returned Effect value will also succeed. If the original Effect value fails, the returned Effect value will fail with the same error.

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asVoid
,
import Effect

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@since2.0.0

@since2.0.0

Effect
.
const parallelErrors: <A, E, R>(self: Effect.Effect<A, E, R>) => Effect.Effect<A, Array<E>, R>

Combines all errors from concurrent operations into a single error.

Details

This function is used when you have multiple operations running at the same time, and you want to capture all the errors that occur across those operations. Instead of handling each error separately, it combines all the errors into one unified error.

When to Use

When using this function, any errors that occur in the concurrently running operations will be grouped together into a single error. This helps simplify error handling in cases where you don't need to differentiate between each failure, but simply want to know that multiple failures occurred.

@example

import { Effect } from "effect"
const fail1 = Effect.fail("Oh uh!")
const fail2 = Effect.fail("Oh no!")
const die = Effect.dieMessage("Boom!")
// Run all effects concurrently and capture all errors
const program = Effect.all([fail1, fail2, die], {
concurrency: "unbounded"
}).pipe(Effect.asVoid, Effect.parallelErrors)
// Effect.runPromiseExit(program).then(console.log)
// Output:
// {
// _id: 'Exit',
// _tag: 'Failure',
// cause: { _id: 'Cause', _tag: 'Fail', failure: [ 'Oh uh!', 'Oh no!' ] }
// }

@since2.0.0

parallelErrors
)
import Effect

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@since2.0.0

@since2.0.0

Effect
.
const runPromiseExit: <void, string[]>(effect: Effect.Effect<void, string[], never>, options?: {
readonly signal?: AbortSignal;
} | undefined) => Promise<Exit<void, string[]>>

Runs an effect and returns a Promise that resolves to an Exit, representing the outcome.

Details

This function executes an effect and resolves to an Exit object. The Exit type provides detailed information about the result of the effect:

  • If the effect succeeds, the Exit will be of type Success and include the value produced by the effect.
  • If the effect fails, the Exit will be of type Failure and contain a Cause object, detailing the failure.

Using this function allows you to examine both successful results and failure cases in a unified way, while still leveraging Promise for handling the asynchronous behavior of the effect.

When to Use

Use this function when you need to understand the outcome of an effect, whether it succeeded or failed, and want to work with this result using Promise syntax. This is particularly useful when integrating with systems that rely on promises but need more detailed error handling than a simple rejection.

@example

// Title: Handling Results as Exit
import { Effect } from "effect"
// Execute a successful effect and get the Exit result as a Promise
// Effect.runPromiseExit(Effect.succeed(1)).then(console.log)
// Output:
// {
// _id: "Exit",
// _tag: "Success",
// value: 1
// }
// Execute a failing effect and get the Exit result as a Promise
// Effect.runPromiseExit(Effect.fail("my error")).then(console.log)
// Output:
// {
// _id: "Exit",
// _tag: "Failure",
// cause: {
// _id: "Cause",
// _tag: "Fail",
// failure: "my error"
// }
// }

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runPromiseExit
(
const program: Effect.Effect<void, string[], never>
program
).
Promise<Exit<void, string[]>>.then<void, never>(onfulfilled?: ((value: Exit<void, string[]>) => void | PromiseLike<void>) | null | undefined, onrejected?: ((reason: any) => PromiseLike<never>) | null | undefined): Promise<...>

Attaches callbacks for the resolution and/or rejection of the Promise.

@paramonfulfilled The callback to execute when the Promise is resolved.

@paramonrejected The callback to execute when the Promise is rejected.

@returnsA Promise for the completion of which ever callback is executed.

then
(
var console: Console

The console module provides a simple debugging console that is similar to the JavaScript console mechanism provided by web browsers.

The module exports two specific components:

  • A Console class with methods such as console.log(), console.error() and console.warn() that can be used to write to any Node.js stream.
  • A global console instance configured to write to process.stdout and process.stderr. The global console can be used without importing the node:console module.

Warning: The global console object's methods are neither consistently synchronous like the browser APIs they resemble, nor are they consistently asynchronous like all other Node.js streams. See the note on process I/O for more information.

Example using the global console:

console.log('hello world');
// Prints: hello world, to stdout
console.log('hello %s', 'world');
// Prints: hello world, to stdout
console.error(new Error('Whoops, something bad happened'));
// Prints error message and stack trace to stderr:
// Error: Whoops, something bad happened
// at [eval]:5:15
// at Script.runInThisContext (node:vm:132:18)
// at Object.runInThisContext (node:vm:309:38)
// at node:internal/process/execution:77:19
// at [eval]-wrapper:6:22
// at evalScript (node:internal/process/execution:76:60)
// at node:internal/main/eval_string:23:3
const name = 'Will Robinson';
console.warn(`Danger ${name}! Danger!`);
// Prints: Danger Will Robinson! Danger!, to stderr

Example using the Console class:

const out = getStreamSomehow();
const err = getStreamSomehow();
const myConsole = new console.Console(out, err);
myConsole.log('hello world');
// Prints: hello world, to out
myConsole.log('hello %s', 'world');
// Prints: hello world, to out
myConsole.error(new Error('Whoops, something bad happened'));
// Prints: [Error: Whoops, something bad happened], to err
const name = 'Will Robinson';
myConsole.warn(`Danger ${name}! Danger!`);
// Prints: Danger Will Robinson! Danger!, to err

@seesource

console
.
Console.log(message?: any, ...optionalParams: any[]): void

Prints to stdout with newline. Multiple arguments can be passed, with the first used as the primary message and all additional used as substitution values similar to printf(3) (the arguments are all passed to util.format()).

const count = 5;
console.log('count: %d', count);
// Prints: count: 5, to stdout
console.log('count:', count);
// Prints: count: 5, to stdout

See util.format() for more information.

@sincev0.1.100

log
)
/*
Output:
{
_id: 'Exit',
_tag: 'Failure',
cause: { _id: 'Cause', _tag: 'Fail', failure: [ 'Oh uh!', 'Oh no!' ] }
}
*/

When working with resource-safety operators like Effect.ensuring, you may encounter multiple sequential errors. This happens because regardless of whether the original effect has any errors or not, the finalizer is uninterruptible and will always run.

Example (Handling Multiple Sequential Errors)

In this example, both fail and the finalizer die result in sequential errors, and both are captured.

import {
import Effect

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@since2.0.0

@since2.0.0

Effect
} from "effect"
// Simulate an effect that fails
const
const fail: Effect.Effect<never, string, never>
fail
=
import Effect

@since2.0.0

@since2.0.0

@since2.0.0

Effect
.
const fail: <string>(error: string) => Effect.Effect<never, string, never>

Creates an Effect that represents a recoverable error.

When to Use

Use this function to explicitly signal an error in an Effect. The error will keep propagating unless it is handled. You can handle the error with functions like

catchAll

or

catchTag

.

@seesucceed to create an effect that represents a successful value.

@example

// Title: Creating a Failed Effect
import { Effect } from "effect"
// ┌─── Effect<never, Error, never>
// ▼
const failure = Effect.fail(
new Error("Operation failed due to network error")
)

@since2.0.0

fail
("Oh uh!")
// Simulate a finalizer that causes a defect
const
const die: Effect.Effect<never, never, never>
die
=
import Effect

@since2.0.0

@since2.0.0

@since2.0.0

Effect
.
const dieMessage: (message: string) => Effect.Effect<never>

Creates an effect that terminates a fiber with a RuntimeException containing the specified message.

Details

This function is used to signal a defect, representing a critical and unexpected error in the code. When invoked, it produces an effect that terminates the fiber with a RuntimeException carrying the given message.

The resulting effect has an error channel of type never, indicating it does not handle or recover from the error.

When to Use

Use this function when you want to terminate a fiber due to an unrecoverable defect and include a clear explanation in the message.

@seedie for a variant that throws a specified error.

@seedieSync for a variant that throws a specified error, evaluated lazily.

@example

// Title: Terminating on Division by Zero with a Specified Message
import { Effect } from "effect"
const divide = (a: number, b: number) =>
b === 0
? Effect.dieMessage("Cannot divide by zero")
: Effect.succeed(a / b)
// ┌─── Effect<number, never, never>
// ▼
const program = divide(1, 0)
// Effect.runPromise(program).catch(console.error)
// Output:
// (FiberFailure) RuntimeException: Cannot divide by zero
// ...stack trace...

@since2.0.0

dieMessage
("Boom!")
// The finalizer 'die' will always run, even if 'fail' fails
const
const program: Effect.Effect<never, string, never>
program
=
const fail: Effect.Effect<never, string, never>
fail
.
Pipeable.pipe<Effect.Effect<never, string, never>, Effect.Effect<never, string, never>>(this: Effect.Effect<...>, ab: (_: Effect.Effect<never, string, never>) => Effect.Effect<never, string, never>): Effect.Effect<...> (+21 overloads)
pipe
(
import Effect

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@since2.0.0

@since2.0.0

Effect
.
const ensuring: <never, never>(finalizer: Effect.Effect<never, never, never>) => <A, E, R>(self: Effect.Effect<A, E, R>) => Effect.Effect<A, E, R> (+1 overload)

Guarantees the execution of a finalizer when an effect starts execution.

Details

This function allows you to specify a finalizer effect that will always be run once the effect starts execution, regardless of whether the effect succeeds, fails, or is interrupted.

When to Use

This is useful when you need to ensure that certain cleanup or final steps are executed in all cases, such as releasing resources or performing necessary logging.

While this function provides strong guarantees about executing the finalizer, it is considered a low-level tool, which may not be ideal for more complex resource management. For higher-level resource management with automatic acquisition and release, see the

acquireRelease

family of functions. For use cases where you need access to the result of an effect, consider using

onExit

.

@seeonExit for a version that provides access to the result of an effect.

@example

import { Console, Effect } from "effect"
const handler = Effect.ensuring(Console.log("Cleanup completed"))
const success = Console.log("Task completed").pipe(Effect.as("some result"), handler)
// Effect.runFork(success)
// Output:
// Task completed
// Cleanup completed
const failure = Console.log("Task failed").pipe(Effect.andThen(Effect.fail("some error")), handler)
// Effect.runFork(failure)
// Output:
// Task failed
// Cleanup completed
const interruption = Console.log("Task interrupted").pipe(Effect.andThen(Effect.interrupt), handler)
// Effect.runFork(interruption)
// Output:
// Task interrupted
// Cleanup completed

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ensuring
(
const die: Effect.Effect<never, never, never>
die
))
import Effect

@since2.0.0

@since2.0.0

@since2.0.0

Effect
.
const runPromiseExit: <never, string>(effect: Effect.Effect<never, string, never>, options?: {
readonly signal?: AbortSignal;
} | undefined) => Promise<Exit<never, string>>

Runs an effect and returns a Promise that resolves to an Exit, representing the outcome.

Details

This function executes an effect and resolves to an Exit object. The Exit type provides detailed information about the result of the effect:

  • If the effect succeeds, the Exit will be of type Success and include the value produced by the effect.
  • If the effect fails, the Exit will be of type Failure and contain a Cause object, detailing the failure.

Using this function allows you to examine both successful results and failure cases in a unified way, while still leveraging Promise for handling the asynchronous behavior of the effect.

When to Use

Use this function when you need to understand the outcome of an effect, whether it succeeded or failed, and want to work with this result using Promise syntax. This is particularly useful when integrating with systems that rely on promises but need more detailed error handling than a simple rejection.

@example

// Title: Handling Results as Exit
import { Effect } from "effect"
// Execute a successful effect and get the Exit result as a Promise
// Effect.runPromiseExit(Effect.succeed(1)).then(console.log)
// Output:
// {
// _id: "Exit",
// _tag: "Success",
// value: 1
// }
// Execute a failing effect and get the Exit result as a Promise
// Effect.runPromiseExit(Effect.fail("my error")).then(console.log)
// Output:
// {
// _id: "Exit",
// _tag: "Failure",
// cause: {
// _id: "Cause",
// _tag: "Fail",
// failure: "my error"
// }
// }

@since2.0.0

runPromiseExit
(
const program: Effect.Effect<never, string, never>
program
).
Promise<Exit<never, string>>.then<void, never>(onfulfilled?: ((value: Exit<never, string>) => void | PromiseLike<void>) | null | undefined, onrejected?: ((reason: any) => PromiseLike<never>) | null | undefined): Promise<...>

Attaches callbacks for the resolution and/or rejection of the Promise.

@paramonfulfilled The callback to execute when the Promise is resolved.

@paramonrejected The callback to execute when the Promise is rejected.

@returnsA Promise for the completion of which ever callback is executed.

then
(
var console: Console

The console module provides a simple debugging console that is similar to the JavaScript console mechanism provided by web browsers.

The module exports two specific components:

  • A Console class with methods such as console.log(), console.error() and console.warn() that can be used to write to any Node.js stream.
  • A global console instance configured to write to process.stdout and process.stderr. The global console can be used without importing the node:console module.

Warning: The global console object's methods are neither consistently synchronous like the browser APIs they resemble, nor are they consistently asynchronous like all other Node.js streams. See the note on process I/O for more information.

Example using the global console:

console.log('hello world');
// Prints: hello world, to stdout
console.log('hello %s', 'world');
// Prints: hello world, to stdout
console.error(new Error('Whoops, something bad happened'));
// Prints error message and stack trace to stderr:
// Error: Whoops, something bad happened
// at [eval]:5:15
// at Script.runInThisContext (node:vm:132:18)
// at Object.runInThisContext (node:vm:309:38)
// at node:internal/process/execution:77:19
// at [eval]-wrapper:6:22
// at evalScript (node:internal/process/execution:76:60)
// at node:internal/main/eval_string:23:3
const name = 'Will Robinson';
console.warn(`Danger ${name}! Danger!`);
// Prints: Danger Will Robinson! Danger!, to stderr

Example using the Console class:

const out = getStreamSomehow();
const err = getStreamSomehow();
const myConsole = new console.Console(out, err);
myConsole.log('hello world');
// Prints: hello world, to out
myConsole.log('hello %s', 'world');
// Prints: hello world, to out
myConsole.error(new Error('Whoops, something bad happened'));
// Prints: [Error: Whoops, something bad happened], to err
const name = 'Will Robinson';
myConsole.warn(`Danger ${name}! Danger!`);
// Prints: Danger Will Robinson! Danger!, to err

@seesource

console
.
Console.log(message?: any, ...optionalParams: any[]): void

Prints to stdout with newline. Multiple arguments can be passed, with the first used as the primary message and all additional used as substitution values similar to printf(3) (the arguments are all passed to util.format()).

const count = 5;
console.log('count: %d', count);
// Prints: count: 5, to stdout
console.log('count:', count);
// Prints: count: 5, to stdout

See util.format() for more information.

@sincev0.1.100

log
)
/*
Output:
{
_id: 'Exit',
_tag: 'Failure',
cause: {
_id: 'Cause',
_tag: 'Sequential',
left: { _id: 'Cause', _tag: 'Fail', failure: 'Oh uh!' },
right: { _id: 'Cause', _tag: 'Die', defect: [Object] }
}
}
*/