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• I have tried restarting my IDE and the issue persists.
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Playground Link

https://typescript-eslint.io/play/#ts=5.1.6&fileType=.tsx&code=DYUwLgBMCWCioFsQDswGcBcEASAVAsgDKECS8ISqA2gLoBQdokIiaEAvBAIIBOPAhgE8AdADMeAewQAKACYSAxgFdKYYQEclIHoIDKLEArASeXYMGkAiflGiWAlPYj82eIqXKrajOIhToOCAMENCA&eslintrc=N4KABGBEBOCuA2BTAzpAXGUEKQAIBcBPABxQGNoBLY-AWhXkoDt8B6Jge1tiacTJTIAhtEK0ipWkOTJE0fJQ5N0UOdA7RI4MAF8QOoA&tsconfig=N4KABGBEDGD2C2AHAlgGwKYCcDyiAuysAdgM6QBcYoEEkJemy0eAcgK6qoDCAFutAGsylBm3TgwAXxCSgA&tokens=false

Repro Code

let liElements: HTMLLIElement[]

let elems = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll("a li")) as HTMLLIElement[]
liElements = elems

ESLint Config

module.exports = {
  parser: "@typescript-eslint/parser",
  rules: {
    "@typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-type-assertion": "error"
  },
};

tsconfig

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    // ...
  }
}

Expected Result

I expected no error to appear here, since removing the as HTMLLIElement leads to a TS error.

Actual Result

TSEslint suggests removing the as HTMLLIElement (including auto-fixing it), which then leads to a TypeScript error in line 4:

Type 'Element[]' is not assignable to type 'HTMLLIElement[]'.
  Type 'Element' is missing the following properties from type 'HTMLLIElement': type, value, accessKey, accessKeyLabel, and 119 more.(2322)
let liElements: HTMLLIElement[]

Additional Info