angular/aio/content/errors/NG01101.md

@name Wrong Async Validator Return Type
@category runtime
@shortDescription Async validator must return a Promise or Observable

@description
Async validators must return a promise or an observable, and emit/resolve them whether the validation fails or succeeds. In particular, they must implement the [AsyncValidatorFn API](api/forms/AsyncValidator)

```typescript
export function isTenAsync(control: AbstractControl): 
  Observable<ValidationErrors | null> {
    const v: number = control.value;
    if (v !== 10) {
    // Emit an object with a validation error.
      return of({ 'notTen': true, 'requiredValue': 10 });
    }
    // Emit null, to indicate no error occurred.
    return of(null);
  }
```

@debugging
Did you mistakenly use a synchronous validator instead of an async validator?

<!-- links -->

<!-- external links -->

<!-- end links -->

@reviewed 2022-06-28