yield.js

// This code aborts (paste into a shell command-line, or drop the first and last lines and put in a `.js` or `.ts` file):

node << END
console.log("start");

async function throws() {
    throw new Error("oops");
}

async function main() {
    try {
        const throwsPromise = throws();
        await new Promise(setImmediate);
        await throwsPromise;
    } catch (e) {
        console.log("caught");
    }
    console.log("finished");
}

main();
END


// But this doesn't:

node << END
console.log("start");

async function throws() {
    throw new Error("oops");
}

async function main() {
    try {
        const throwsPromise = throws();
        await throwsPromise;
    } catch (e) {
        console.log("caught");
    }
    console.log("finished");
}

main();
END

// And neither does this:
node --unhandled-rejections=none << END
console.log("start");

async function throws() {
    throw new Error("oops");
}

async function main() {
    try {
        const throwsPromise = throws();
        await new Promise(setImmediate);
        await throwsPromise;
    } catch (e) {
        console.log("caught");
    }
    console.log("finished");
}

main();
END