<A, E>(self: FiberHandle<A, E>): Effect.Effect<void, E>Waits for the fiber in the FiberHandle to complete.
Example (Waiting for a fiber to complete)
import { Effect, FiberHandle } from "effect"
Effect.gen(function*() {
const handle = yield* FiberHandle.make()
// Start a long-running effect
yield* FiberHandle.run(handle, Effect.sleep(1000))
// Wait for the fiber to complete
yield* FiberHandle.awaitEmpty(handle)
console.log("Fiber completed")
})export const const awaitEmpty: <A, E>(
self: FiberHandle<A, E>
) => Effect.Effect<void, E>
Waits for the fiber in the FiberHandle to complete.
Example (Waiting for a fiber to complete)
import { Effect, FiberHandle } from "effect"
Effect.gen(function*() {
const handle = yield* FiberHandle.make()
// Start a long-running effect
yield* FiberHandle.run(handle, Effect.sleep(1000))
// Wait for the fiber to complete
yield* FiberHandle.awaitEmpty(handle)
console.log("Fiber completed")
})
awaitEmpty = <function (type parameter) A in <A, E>(self: FiberHandle<A, E>): Effect.Effect<void, E>A, function (type parameter) E in <A, E>(self: FiberHandle<A, E>): Effect.Effect<void, E>E>(self: FiberHandle<A, E>(parameter) self: {
deferred: Deferred.Deferred<void, unknown>;
state: { readonly _tag: "Open"; fiber: Fiber.Fiber<A, E> | undefined } | { readonly _tag: "Closed" };
pipe: { <A>(this: A): A; <A, B = never>(this: A, ab: (_: A) => B): B; <A, B = never, C = never>(this: A, ab: (_: A) => B, bc: (_: B) => C): C; <A, B = never, C = never, D = never>(this: A, ab: (_: A) => B, bc: (_: B) => C, cd: (_: C) => D): D; <…;
toString: () => string;
toJSON: () => unknown;
}
interface FiberHandle<out A = unknown, out E = unknown>Scoped handle that manages at most one fiber, interrupts the current fiber
when the handle's scope closes, and removes managed fibers from the handle
when they complete.
Example (Managing a single fiber)
import { Effect, Fiber, FiberHandle } from "effect"
Effect.gen(function*() {
// Create a FiberHandle that can hold fibers producing strings
const handle = yield* FiberHandle.make<string, never>()
// The handle can store and manage a single fiber
const fiber = yield* FiberHandle.run(handle, Effect.succeed("hello"))
const result = yield* Fiber.await(fiber)
console.log(result) // "hello"
})
FiberHandle<function (type parameter) A in <A, E>(self: FiberHandle<A, E>): Effect.Effect<void, E>A, function (type parameter) E in <A, E>(self: FiberHandle<A, E>): Effect.Effect<void, E>E>): import EffectEffect.interface Effect<out A, out E = never, out R = never>The Effect interface defines a value that lazily describes a workflow or
job. The workflow requires some context R, and may fail with an error of
type E, or succeed with a value of type A.
When to use
Use when you need to represent a lazy, composable workflow that can require
services, fail with a typed error, or succeed with a typed value.
Details
Effect values model resourceful interaction with the outside world,
including synchronous, asynchronous, concurrent, and parallel interaction.
They use a fiber-based concurrency model, with built-in support for
scheduling, fine-grained interruption, structured concurrency, and high
scalability.
To run an Effect value, you need a Runtime, which is a type that is
capable of executing Effect values.
Effect<void, function (type parameter) E in <A, E>(self: FiberHandle<A, E>): Effect.Effect<void, E>E> =>
import EffectEffect.const suspend: <A, E, R>(
effect: LazyArg<Effect<A, E, R>>
) => Effect<A, E, R>
Creates an Effect lazily, delaying construction until it is needed.
When to use
Use when you need to defer the evaluation of an effect until it is required.
Details
suspend takes a thunk that represents an effect and delays creating it
until the suspended effect is evaluated. This is useful for optimizing
expensive computations, managing circular dependencies such as recursive
functions, and helping TypeScript unify return types when branches construct
different effects. Any side effects or scoped captures inside the thunk are
re-executed on each invocation.
Example (Lazily evaluating side effects)
import { Effect } from "effect"
let i = 0
const bad = Effect.succeed(i++)
const good = Effect.suspend(() => Effect.succeed(i++))
console.log(Effect.runSync(bad)) // Output: 0
console.log(Effect.runSync(bad)) // Output: 0
console.log(Effect.runSync(good)) // Output: 1
console.log(Effect.runSync(good)) // Output: 2
Example (Suspending recursive Fibonacci evaluation)
import { Effect } from "effect"
const blowsUp = (n: number): Effect.Effect<number> =>
n < 2
? Effect.succeed(1)
: Effect.zipWith(blowsUp(n - 1), blowsUp(n - 2), (a, b) => a + b)
// console.log(Effect.runSync(blowsUp(32)))
// crash: JavaScript heap out of memory
const allGood = (n: number): Effect.Effect<number> =>
n < 2
? Effect.succeed(1)
: Effect.zipWith(
Effect.suspend(() => allGood(n - 1)),
Effect.suspend(() => allGood(n - 2)),
(a, b) => a + b
)
console.log(Effect.runSync(allGood(32)))
// Output: 3524578
Example (Helping TypeScript infer recursive effect types)
import { Effect } from "effect"
// Without suspend, TypeScript may struggle with type inference.
// Inferred type:
// (a: number, b: number) =>
// Effect<never, Error, never> | Effect<number, never, never>
const withoutSuspend = (a: number, b: number) =>
b === 0
? Effect.fail(new Error("Cannot divide by zero"))
: Effect.succeed(a / b)
// Using suspend to unify return types.
// Inferred type:
// (a: number, b: number) => Effect<number, Error, never>
const withSuspend = (a: number, b: number) =>
Effect.suspend(() =>
b === 0
? Effect.fail(new Error("Cannot divide by zero"))
: Effect.succeed(a / b)
)
suspend(() => {
if (self: FiberHandle<A, E>(parameter) self: {
deferred: Deferred.Deferred<void, unknown>;
state: { readonly _tag: "Open"; fiber: Fiber.Fiber<A, E> | undefined } | { readonly _tag: "Closed" };
pipe: { <A>(this: A): A; <A, B = never>(this: A, ab: (_: A) => B): B; <A, B = never, C = never>(this: A, ab: (_: A) => B, bc: (_: B) => C): C; <A, B = never, C = never, D = never>(this: A, ab: (_: A) => B, bc: (_: B) => C, cd: (_: C) => D): D; <…;
toString: () => string;
toJSON: () => unknown;
}
FiberHandle<A, E>.state: { readonly _tag: "Open"; fiber: Fiber.Fiber<A, E> | undefined } | { readonly _tag: "Closed" }state._tag: "Open" | "Closed"_tag === "Closed" || self: FiberHandle<A, E>(parameter) self: {
deferred: Deferred.Deferred<void, unknown>;
state: { readonly _tag: "Open"; fiber: Fiber.Fiber<A, E> | undefined } | { readonly _tag: "Closed" };
pipe: { <A>(this: A): A; <A, B = never>(this: A, ab: (_: A) => B): B; <A, B = never, C = never>(this: A, ab: (_: A) => B, bc: (_: B) => C): C; <A, B = never, C = never, D = never>(this: A, ab: (_: A) => B, bc: (_: B) => C, cd: (_: C) => D): D; <…;
toString: () => string;
toJSON: () => unknown;
}
FiberHandle<A, E>.state: { readonly _tag: "Open"; fiber: Fiber.Fiber<A, E> | undefined } | { readonly _tag: "Closed" }state.fiber: Fiber.Fiber<A, E> | undefinedfiber === var undefinedundefined) {
return import EffectEffect.const void: Effect.Effect<void, never, never>(alias) const void: {
pipe: { <A>(this: A): A; <A, B = never>(this: A, ab: (_: A) => B): B; <A, B = never, C = never>(this: A, ab: (_: A) => B, bc: (_: B) => C): C; <A, B = never, C = never, D = never>(this: A, ab: (_: A) => B, bc: (_: B) => C, cd: (_: C) => D): D; <…;
toString: () => string;
toJSON: () => unknown;
}
Returns an effect that succeeds with void.
void
}
return import FiberFiber.await<A, E>(self: Fiber<A, E>): Effect<Exit<A, E>>Waits for a fiber to complete and returns its exit value.
When to use
Use when you need to inspect whether the fiber succeeded,
failed, died, or was interrupted without propagating the failure.
Details
The returned Effect always succeeds with an Exit describing the fiber's
outcome.
Gotchas
This does not flatten the fiber result into the current Effect. Use
join
when you want fiber failures to fail the current Effect.
Example (Awaiting a fiber exit)
import { Effect, Fiber } from "effect"
const program = Effect.gen(function*() {
const fiber = yield* Effect.forkChild(Effect.succeed(42))
const exit = yield* Fiber.await(fiber)
console.log(exit) // Exit.succeed(42)
})
await(self: FiberHandle<A, E>(parameter) self: {
deferred: Deferred.Deferred<void, unknown>;
state: { readonly _tag: "Open"; fiber: Fiber.Fiber<A, E> | undefined } | { readonly _tag: "Closed" };
pipe: { <A>(this: A): A; <A, B = never>(this: A, ab: (_: A) => B): B; <A, B = never, C = never>(this: A, ab: (_: A) => B, bc: (_: B) => C): C; <A, B = never, C = never, D = never>(this: A, ab: (_: A) => B, bc: (_: B) => C, cd: (_: C) => D): D; <…;
toString: () => string;
toJSON: () => unknown;
}
FiberHandle<A, E>.state: { readonly _tag: "Open"; fiber: Fiber.Fiber<A, E> | undefined } | { readonly _tag: "Closed" }state.fiber: Fiber.Fiber<A, E> | undefined(property) fiber: {
id: number;
currentOpCount: number;
getRef: <A>(ref: Context.Reference<A>) => A;
context: Context.Context<never>;
setContext: (context: Context.Context<never>) => void;
currentScheduler: Scheduler;
currentDispatcher: SchedulerDispatcher;
currentSpan: AnySpan | undefined;
currentLogLevel: LogLevel;
minimumLogLevel: LogLevel;
currentStackFrame: StackFrame | undefined;
maxOpsBeforeYield: number;
currentPreventYield: boolean;
addObserver: (cb: (exit: Exit<A, E>) => void) => () => void;
interruptUnsafe: (fiberId?: number | undefined, annotations?: Context.Context<never> | undefined) => void;
pollUnsafe: () => Exit<A, E> | undefined;
pipe: { <A>(this: A): A; <A, B = never>(this: A, ab: (_: A) => B): B; <A, B = never, C = never>(this: A, ab: (_: A) => B, bc: (_: B) => C): C; <A, B = never, C = never, D = never>(this: A, ab: (_: A) => B, bc: (_: B) => C, cd: (_: C) => D): D; <…;
}