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Enforces no-silent-failure async discipline in Flutter/Dart — the arrow-callback Future-drop hole no lint catches (`onTap: () => vm.save(x)`), void-returning event handlers, a mounted/ref.mounted guard after EVERY await before touching BuildContext, capturing Navigator/ScaffoldMe
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Enforces no-silent-failure async discipline in Flutter/Dart — the arrow-callback Future-drop hole no lint catches (`onTap: () => vm.save(x)`), void-returning event handlers, a mounted/ref.mounted guard after EVERY await before touching BuildContext, capturing Navigator/ScaffoldMessenger before the gap, honest `unawaited()` that always ends in catchError, no empty/bare catches, `rethrow` over `throw e`, and disposing every StreamSubscription/StreamController/Timer/sink. Use when writing or reviewing async/await, wiring onTap/onPressed/onSubmitted or any VoidCallback, touching BuildContext after an await, writing initState/dispose/addPostFrameCallback, adding a Timer or Future.delayed, writing a try/catch, or seeing use_build_context_synchronously, cancel_subscriptions, close_sinks, unawaited_futures, or discarded_futures.
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Async safety: no failure may be silent
Async bugs are silence. A dropped Future swallows its error; a dead BuildContext throws into a void; a leaked subscription fires into a disposed widget. An app with no telemetry has exactly two feedback loops — the analyzer and the test suite — and the analyzer has one hole big enough to drive the product through. Close it structurally, not with discipline. This skill applies whenever you write async/await, wire a callback, or hold a subscription, timer, or sink.
Non-negotiable rules
- A callback must never touch a
Future. EveryonTap/onPressed/onSubmitted/VoidCallbackhandler returnsvoid.onTap: () => vm.save(x)wheresaveis async is caught by NO lint (see below) — the fix is shape, not vigilance. - A
mounted/ref.mountedguard goes after EVERY await, immediately before the nextBuildContextuse — never once at the top, never before the await where it proves nothing. Or capture the object you need before the gap. - Multiple awaits ⇒ the guard sits after the LAST one. A guard only certifies the interval since the most recent suspension point.
unawaited(x)is legal only ifxprovably cannot fail silently — it ends in a.catchError(...)or is total. Bareunawaited(f)routes errors toPlatformDispatcher.onError, detached from the UI. That is silence with a permission slip.- Every
StreamSubscription,StreamController,Timer, and sink is released indispose()/ref.onDispose. Prefer not owning it: a provider gives teardown for free. - Every timer/stream callback that calls
setStateguardsmountedfirst. ATimerholds a strong reference to its closure and fires happily after the widget is gone. - No empty catch, no bare catch, no swallow. Every
catchhas anonclause (except the crash logger's own write), logs with its stack, and surfaces the failure. Userethrow, neverthrow e— the latter resets the stack trace. - Never
asserta platform/plugin return value. Asserts are stripped in release: green in every test, absent on the device — the perfect silent-failure bug. - Nothing unbounded runs before
runApp. No migration, no plugin warm-up. Show a usable first frame, then warm up inaddPostFrameCallback, unawaited. - No
runZonedGuarded. Two error handlers suffice —app-startup-and-bootstrapowns installing them, their pre-runAppordering, thePlatformDispatcher.onErrorreturn truerule, and never letting a handler throw. Don't restate that machinery here.
The hole no lint catches
Verified with discarded_futures, unawaited_futures, and unused_result all at error:
| Callback shape | Diagnostics |
|---|---|
onTap: () => vm.save(note) | none — all three miss it |
onTap: () { vm.save(note); } | discarded_futures |
onTap: () async { vm.save(note); } | unawaited_futures |
onTap: () => vm.saveNote(note) (void method) | clean — the fix |
The arrow closure returns the Future, so every rule considers it used; the target type is VoidCallback, so Dart's void-compatibility discards it. The Future and its error both hit the floor. This is the most idiomatic way to wire a Flutter tap, and it is precisely where silence hides.
The mitigation is structural, never disciplinary: give the handler method a void return and do the unawaited(... .catchError(...)) inside it. A callback then never holds a Future, so the hole is unreachable by construction.
// A void-returning seam. Do NOT "improve" this to Future<void> — that
// reopens the arrow-callback hole. Keep this comment; without it the next
// reader tidies the void away.
void saveNote(Note note) {
unawaited(
_persist(note).catchError((Object e, StackTrace s) {
_log.record('save path threw: $e', s);
_showError('That note was not saved.');
}),
);
}
Future<void> _persist(Note note) async {
final result = await _repo.save(note); // returns a typed Result, does not throw
switch (result) {
case Ok():
return;
case Err(:final failure):
_log.record('save failed: ${failure.code}', StackTrace.current);
_showError('That note was not saved.');
}
}
The async gap and BuildContext
context is a live handle into the element tree, not a value. await yields to the event loop; while suspended the route may pop, the dialog may close, the State may be disposed. On resume the handle points at a corpse. use_build_context_synchronously is why — promote it to error.
// WRONG — the Element may be defunct after the gap.
Future<void> _save() async {
await _repo.save(note);
Navigator.of(context).pop();
}
Two legitimate fixes; prefer whichever makes intent obvious.
// RIGHT — capture before the gap. The captured object does not need the tree.
Future<void> _save() async {
final navigator = Navigator.of(context);
await _repo.save(note);
navigator.pop();
}
// RIGHT — guard after the gap, immediately before the context use.
Future<void> _save() async {
await _repo.save(note);
if (!mounted) return;
Navigator.of(context).pop();
}
Two awaits mean the guard sits after the second — the second await reopens the hole the first guard closed:
// WRONG
await _repo.save(note);
if (!mounted) return;
await _repo.reindex();
Navigator.of(context).pop(); // unguarded
// RIGHT
await _repo.save(note);
await _repo.reindex();
if (!mounted) return;
Navigator.of(context).pop();
Which guard, where
| Context | Guard | Note |
|---|---|---|
State<T> subclass | if (!mounted) return; | State.mounted — the field the analyzer recognises |
Riverpod Notifier/AsyncNotifier after an await | if (!ref.mounted) return; | Riverpod 3.x — guards state = ... on a disposed provider |
Plain class / controller, no State, no ref | Take no BuildContext at all | Pass a captured NavigatorState or a void Function(String) callback |
StatelessWidget method | Capture before the gap | There is no mounted to check |
The last two rows are the ones people get wrong. A bare helper has no lifecycle to interrogate, so restructure: hand it a captured object or a callback so it never holds a context across a gap. Never write if (!mounted) return; before the await and call it done — that checks the one moment never in doubt.
unawaited, initState, and the first frame
initState is synchronous and cannot be async. Kick the future off through a named method, then guard the landing:
@override
void initState() {
super.initState();
// honest: the load path ends in catchError; _load guards mounted before setState.
unawaited(_load().catchError((Object e, StackTrace s) {
_log.record('load failed: $e', s);
if (mounted) _showError('Could not load notes.');
}));
}
Future<void> _load() async {
final notes = await _repo.loadNotes(); // may throw — the catchError above owns it
if (!mounted) return; // a disposed widget's setState throws into nothing
setState(() => _notes = notes);
}
Prefer to skip the hand-held subscription entirely: expose the stream as a provider and ref.watch it, so teardown is automatic and there is no field to leak.
Never block the first frame on unbounded work. A 12-row read is sub-10ms and safe to await before runApp; a schema migration or a plugin warm-up is not — it sits between the user and a usable UI. Show the shell first, then:
WidgetsBinding.instance.addPostFrameCallback((_) {
unawaited(_service.warmUp().catchError((Object e, StackTrace s) {
_log.record('warm-up failed: $e', s); // best-effort; never blocks the frame
}));
});
Subscriptions, controllers, timers
Every long-lived resource is released. cancel_subscriptions and close_sinks at error.
class _FeedState extends State<Feed> {
StreamSubscription<List<Item>>? _sub;
Timer? _debounce;
@override
void initState() {
super.initState();
_sub = _repo.watchItems().listen(_onItems);
}
void _onItems(List<Item> items) {
if (!mounted) return; // a stream event can outlive dispose()
setState(() => _items = items);
}
@override
void dispose() {
unawaited(_sub?.cancel()); // nothing to await, but mark the intentional drop
_debounce?.cancel(); // Timer.cancel() returns void — no Future to mark
super.dispose();
}
}
close_sinks only fires when the rule is enabled under linter: rules: — the analyzer: errors: block merely re-ranks diagnostics that already exist, it cannot switch a lint on. If a never-closed controller produces no diagnostic, that rule was deleted; restore it rather than trusting a green run. For a provider-held service that owns a stream or controller, release it in ref.onDispose.
Timer and Future.delayed share the same rule: cancel the field in dispose(), and guard mounted in the callback. Re-arming a timer means cancel-then-restart, never "return if already running" — swallowing the event manufactures the silence this skill forbids.
Catches
try { await _repo.save(item); } catch (_) {} // WRONG — unrecoverable, unknowable
try { await _repo.save(item); } catch (e) { _log.record('$e', null); } // WRONG — swallows Errors (our bugs)
try { await _repo.save(item); } on DbException { /* oh well */ } // WRONG — logged nowhere, continues as success
// RIGHT — typed, logged with its trace, surfaced to the user.
try {
await _repo.save(item);
} on DbException catch (e, s) {
_log.record('save failed: $e', s);
_showError('That item was not saved.');
}
Catch at the few call sites that read or write the boundary, not in a blanket handler. Never catch an Error subclass — that means a bug in your own code; let it crash. The one licensed silent catch is the crash logger's own write (it runs inside the error handlers; if it throws it recurses until the app dies) — and its intent-comment is the whole safeguard.
Anti-patterns
onTap: () => asyncMethod()— drops theFutureand its error, uncaught by any lint. Route through a void handler.if (!mounted) return;before the await — proves nothing; the hazard is after the suspension point.- One guard for two awaits — the second await reopens the hole.
unawaited(f)with nocatchErroron a fallible path — silences the lint, keeps the bug.assert(await plugin.call() == ok)— vanishes in release; total silence on the device.throw einside a catch — resets the stack to the rethrow line; userethrow.asyncinitState, or.then(...)off it with nomountedguard —setStateon a disposed widget throws.pumpAndSettlefor timers —pump()does not advance a fake clock; usepump(duration)orfakeAsync.runZonedGuarded— a footgun without a crash SDK; two error handlers suffice.- Promoting a void handler method to
Future<void>— returns the arrow-callback hole to the codebase.
Catalogue your silent-failure modes
For any real app, enumerate its silent-failure path
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name: async-safety description: Enforces no-silent-failure async discipline in Flutter/Dart — the arrow-callback Future-drop hole no lint catches (`onTap: () => vm.save(x)`), void-returning event handlers, a mounted/ref.mounted guard after EVERY await before touching BuildContext, capturing Navigator/ScaffoldMessenger before the gap, honest `unawaited()` that always ends in catchError, no empty/bare catches, `rethrow` over `throw e`, and disposing every StreamSubscription/StreamController/Timer/sink. Use when writing or reviewing async/await, wiring onTap/onPressed/onSubmitted or any VoidCallback, touching BuildContext after an await, writing initState/dispose/addPostFrameCallback, adding a Timer or Future.delayed, writing a try/catch, or seeing use_build_context_synchronously, cancel_subscriptions, close_sinks, unawaited_futures, or discarded_futures.
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name: async-safety
description: Enforces no-silent-failure async discipline in Flutter/Dart — the arrow-callback Future-drop hole no lint catches (`onTap: () => vm.save(x)`), void-returning event handlers, a mounted/ref.mounted guard after EVERY await before touching BuildContext, capturing Navigator/ScaffoldMessenger before the gap, honest `unawaited()` that always ends in catchError, no empty/bare catches, `rethrow` over `throw e`, and disposing every StreamSubscription/StreamController/Timer/sink. Use when writing or reviewing async/await, wiring onTap/onPressed/onSubmitted or any VoidCallback, touching BuildContext after an await, writing initState/dispose/addPostFrameCallback, adding a Timer or Future.delayed, writing a try/catch, or seeing use_build_context_synchronously, cancel_subscriptions, close_sinks, unawaited_futures, or discarded_futures.
---
# Async safety: no failure may be silent
Async bugs are silence. A dropped `Future` swallows its error; a dead `BuildContext` throws into a void; a leaked subscription fires into a disposed widget. An app with no telemetry has exactly two feedback loops — the analyzer and the test suite — and the analyzer has one hole big enough to drive the product through. Close it structurally, not with discipline. This skill applies whenever you write `async`/`await`, wire a callback, or hold a subscription, timer, or sink.
## Non-negotiable rules
1. **A callback must never touch a `Future`.** Every `onTap`/`onPressed`/`onSubmitted`/`VoidCallback` handler returns `void`. `onTap: () => vm.save(x)` where `save` is async is caught by NO lint (see below) — the fix is shape, not vigilance.
2. **A `mounted` / `ref.mounted` guard goes after EVERY await, immediately before the next `BuildContext` use** — never once at the top, never before the await where it proves nothing. Or capture the object you need before the gap.
3. **Multiple awaits ⇒ the guard sits after the LAST one.** A guard only certifies the interval since the most recent suspension point.
4. **`unawaited(x)` is legal only if `x` provably cannot fail silently** — it ends in a `.catchError(...)` or is total. Bare `unawaited(f)` routes errors to `PlatformDispatcher.onError`, detached from the UI. That is silence with a permission slip.
5. **Every `StreamSubscription`, `StreamController`, `Timer`, and sink is released** in `dispose()` / `ref.onDispose`. Prefer not owning it: a provider gives teardown for free.
6. **Every timer/stream callback that calls `setState` guards `mounted` first.** A `Timer` holds a strong reference to its closure and fires happily after the widget is gone.
7. **No empty catch, no bare catch, no swallow.** Every `catch` has an `on` clause (except the crash logger's own write), logs with its stack, and surfaces the failure. Use `rethrow`, never `throw e` — the latter resets the stack trace.
8. **Never `assert` a platform/plugin return value.** Asserts are stripped in release: green in every test, absent on the device — the perfect silent-failure bug.
9. **Nothing unbounded runs before `runApp`.** No migration, no plugin warm-up. Show a usable first frame, then warm up in `addPostFrameCallback`, unawaited.
10. **No `runZonedGuarded`.** Two error handlers suffice — `app-startup-and-bootstrap` owns installing them, their pre-`runApp` ordering, the `PlatformDispatcher.onError` `return true` rule, and never letting a handler throw. Don't restate that machinery here.
## The hole no lint catches
Verified with `discarded_futures`, `unawaited_futures`, and `unused_result` all at `error`:
| Callback shape | Diagnostics |
|---|---|
| `onTap: () => vm.save(note)` | **none — all three miss it** |
| `onTap: () { vm.save(note); }` | `discarded_futures` |
| `onTap: () async { vm.save(note); }` | `unawaited_futures` |
| `onTap: () => vm.saveNote(note)` (void method) | clean — the fix |
The arrow closure *returns* the `Future`, so every rule considers it used; the target type is `VoidCallback`, so Dart's void-compatibility discards it. The `Future` and its error both hit the floor. This is the most idiomatic way to wire a Flutter tap, and it is precisely where silence hides.
The mitigation is **structural, never disciplinary**: give the handler method a `void` return and do the `unawaited(... .catchError(...))` inside it. A callback then never holds a `Future`, so the hole is unreachable by construction.
```dart
// A void-returning seam. Do NOT "improve" this to Future<void> — that
// reopens the arrow-callback hole. Keep this comment; without it the next
// reader tidies the void away.
void saveNote(Note note) {
unawaited(
_persist(note).catchError((Object e, StackTrace s) {
_log.record('save path threw: $e', s);
_showError('That note was not saved.');
}),
);
}
Future<void> _persist(Note note) async {
final result = await _repo.save(note); // returns a typed Result, does not throw
switch (result) {
case Ok():
return;
case Err(:final failure):
_log.record('save failed: ${failure.code}', StackTrace.current);
_showError('That note was not saved.');
}
}
```
## The async gap and BuildContext
`context` is a live handle into the element tree, not a value. `await` yields to the event loop; while suspended the route may pop, the dialog may close, the `State` may be disposed. On resume the handle points at a corpse. `use_build_context_synchronously` is why — promote it to `error`.
```dart
// WRONG — the Element may be defunct after the gap.
Future<void> _save() async {
await _repo.save(note);
Navigator.of(context).pop();
}
```
Two legitimate fixes; prefer whichever makes intent obvious.
```dart
// RIGHT — capture before the gap. The captured object does not need the tree.
Future<void> _save() async {
final navigator = Navigator.of(context);
await _repo.save(note);
navigator.pop();
}
// RIGHT — guard after the gap, immediately before the context use.
Future<void> _save() async {
await _repo.save(note);
if (!mounted) return;
Navigator.of(context).pop();
}
```
Two awaits mean the guard sits after the second — the second await reopens the hole the first guard closed:
```dart
// WRONG
await _repo.save(note);
if (!mounted) return;
await _repo.reindex();
Navigator.of(context).pop(); // unguarded
// RIGHT
await _repo.save(note);
await _repo.reindex();
if (!mounted) return;
Navigator.of(context).pop();
```
### Which guard, where
| Context | Guard | Note |
|---|---|---|
| `State<T>` subclass | `if (!mounted) return;` | `State.mounted` — the field the analyzer recognises |
| Riverpod `Notifier`/`AsyncNotifier` after an await | `if (!ref.mounted) return;` | Riverpod 3.x — guards `state = ...` on a disposed provider |
| Plain class / controller, no `State`, no `ref` | Take no `BuildContext` at all | Pass a captured `NavigatorState` or a `void Function(String)` callback |
| `StatelessWidget` method | Capture before the gap | There is no `mounted` to check |
The last two rows are the ones people get wrong. A bare helper has no lifecycle to interrogate, so restructure: hand it a captured object or a callback so it never holds a context across a gap. Never write `if (!mounted) return;` *before* the await and call it done — that checks the one moment never in doubt.
## unawaited, initState, and the first frame
`initState` is synchronous and cannot be `async`. Kick the future off through a named method, then guard the landing:
```dart
@override
void initState() {
super.initState();
// honest: the load path ends in catchError; _load guards mounted before setState.
unawaited(_load().catchError((Object e, StackTrace s) {
_log.record('load failed: $e', s);
if (mounted) _showError('Could not load notes.');
}));
}
Future<void> _load() async {
final notes = await _repo.loadNotes(); // may throw — the catchError above owns it
if (!mounted) return; // a disposed widget's setState throws into nothing
setState(() => _notes = notes);
}
```
Prefer to skip the hand-held subscription entirely: expose the stream as a provider and `ref.watch` it, so teardown is automatic and there is no field to leak.
Never block the first frame on unbounded work. A 12-row read is sub-10ms and safe to await before `runApp`; a schema migration or a plugin warm-up is not — it sits between the user and a usable UI. Show the shell first, then:
```dart
WidgetsBinding.instance.addPostFrameCallback((_) {
unawaited(_service.warmUp().catchError((Object e, StackTrace s) {
_log.record('warm-up failed: $e', s); // best-effort; never blocks the frame
}));
});
```
## Subscriptions, controllers, timers
Every long-lived resource is released. `cancel_subscriptions` and `close_sinks` at `error`.
```dart
class _FeedState extends State<Feed> {
StreamSubscription<List<Item>>? _sub;
Timer? _debounce;
@override
void initState() {
super.initState();
_sub = _repo.watchItems().listen(_onItems);
}
void _onItems(List<Item> items) {
if (!mounted) return; // a stream event can outlive dispose()
setState(() => _items = items);
}
@override
void dispose() {
unawaited(_sub?.cancel()); // nothing to await, but mark the intentional drop
_debounce?.cancel(); // Timer.cancel() returns void — no Future to mark
super.dispose();
}
}
```
`close_sinks` only fires when the rule is enabled under `linter: rules:` — the `analyzer: errors:` block merely re-ranks diagnostics that already exist, it cannot switch a lint on. If a never-closed controller produces no diagnostic, that rule was deleted; restore it rather than trusting a green run. For a provider-held service that owns a stream or controller, release it in `ref.onDispose`.
`Timer` and `Future.delayed` share the same rule: cancel the field in `dispose()`, and guard `mounted` in the callback. Re-arming a timer means cancel-then-restart, never "return if already running" — swallowing the event manufactures the silence this skill forbids.
## Catches
```dart
try { await _repo.save(item); } catch (_) {} // WRONG — unrecoverable, unknowable
try { await _repo.save(item); } catch (e) { _log.record('$e', null); } // WRONG — swallows Errors (our bugs)
try { await _repo.save(item); } on DbException { /* oh well */ } // WRONG — logged nowhere, continues as success
// RIGHT — typed, logged with its trace, surfaced to the user.
try {
await _repo.save(item);
} on DbException catch (e, s) {
_log.record('save failed: $e', s);
_showError('That item was not saved.');
}
```
Catch at the few call sites that read or write the boundary, not in a blanket handler. Never catch an `Error` subclass — that means a bug in your own code; let it crash. The **one** licensed silent catch is the crash logger's own write (it runs inside the error handlers; if it throws it recurses until the app dies) — and its intent-comment is the whole safeguard.
## Anti-patterns
- **`onTap: () => asyncMethod()`** — drops the `Future` and its error, uncaught by any lint. Route through a void handler.
- **`if (!mounted) return;` before the await** — proves nothing; the hazard is *after* the suspension point.
- **One guard for two awaits** — the second await reopens the hole.
- **`unawaited(f)` with no `catchError`** on a fallible path — silences the lint, keeps the bug.
- **`assert(await plugin.call() == ok)`** — vanishes in release; total silence on the device.
- **`throw e` inside a catch** — resets the stack to the rethrow line; use `rethrow`.
- **`async` `initState`, or `.then(...)` off it with no `mounted` guard** — `setState` on a disposed widget throws.
- **`pumpAndSettle` for timers** — `pump()` does not advance a fake clock; use `pump(duration)` or `fakeAsync`.
- **`runZonedGuarded`** — a footgun without a crash SDK; two error handlers suffice.
- **Promoting a void handler method to `Future<void>`** — returns the arrow-callback hole to the codebase.
## Catalogue your silent-failure modes
For any real app, enumerate its silent-failure pathUse with my agent
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