#no-useless-error-capture-stack-trace

#Configuration

import { defineConfig, unicornPlugin } from '@rslint/core';

export default defineConfig([
  unicornPlugin.configs.recommended,
  {
    rules: {
      'unicorn/no-useless-error-capture-stack-trace': 'error',
    },
  },
]);

#Rule Details

Report redundant Error.captureStackTrace() calls inside constructors of classes that directly extend a built-in error constructor. The first argument must be this, and the second must identify the same class, new.target, or this.constructor.

Example of incorrect code:

class CustomError extends Error {
  constructor(message) {
    super(message);
    Error.captureStackTrace(this, CustomError);
  }
}

Example of correct code:

class CustomError extends Error {
  constructor(message) {
    super(message);
  }
}

Nested arrow functions retain the constructor's this binding. Ordinary nested functions, unrelated methods, static blocks, and nested classes are checked in their own scope rather than treated as the outer constructor. Locally shadowed or disabled error globals are not matched.

An optional call such as Error.captureStackTrace?.(this, new.target) is also checked. Optional member access and computed method names are not matched.

#Automatic Fixes

A standalone call used as an expression statement directly inside a block can be removed. Calls used as return values, arrow-expression bodies, or unbraced control-flow bodies are reported without an automatic fix.

#Options

This rule has no options.

#Original Documentation

• eslint-plugin-unicorn: no-useless-error-capture-stack-trace
• Source code