Promises returned from async functions are automatically unwrapped, so return promise and return await promise are semantically equivalent, which necessitates this consistency argument. OTOH return iterable and return yield* iterable are not semantically equivalent because the former does not iterate iterable at all. @typescript-eslint/triage-team does this still seem fitting as a lint rule? If so, what should it report against and advise for?

you're not wrong, I think.

additionally this has received 0 reactions since its creation also suggests it's something of low value to the community.

seems like good signal that we should not implement this.

so return promise and return await promise are semantically equivalent

Nit: return await promise can be caught by try/catch; return promise is flattened and therefore not.

But otherwise yeah the lack of interest here votes to me to close. 👍