unawaited patch never executes

[ldanilek]

promises in convex mutations usually run to completion, even if not awaited.

for example,

handler: async (ctx, { id }) => {
  ctx.db.patch(id, { foo: bar });
}

will execute the patch, even though patch is async and we're not awaiting it. But this isn't true in Ents, because Ents use lazy promises. So a forgotten await can turn into a silent bug. i.e. this code, which looks identical to the above, actually is a no-op:

handler: async (ctx, { id }) => {
  ctx.table("messages").getX(id).patch({ foo: bar });
}

If we could make mutating promises like patch and insert non-lazy, that would help avoid potential bugs.

in the meantime, enabling the linter @typescript-eslint/no-floating-promises https://typescript-eslint.io/rules/no-floating-promises/ makes forgotten-await bug more likely to be found.