Bluebird warning "A promise was created in a handler but was not returned from it"

Question

I get the warning about not returning a created promise from Bluebird and I do not understand why and how I should rewrite my code.

(I have tried reading about the warning at Bluebird API page and the anti-pattern page as I suspect this is what I'm doing)

In my view.js file:

var express = require('express'),
    router = express.Router(),
    settings = myReq('config/settings'),
    Sets = myReq('lib/Sets'),
    log = myReq('lib/utils').getLogger('View');

router.get('/:setId/', function(req, res, next) {
    var
        setId = req.params.setId,  
        user = req.user,
        set = new Sets(setId, user);

    log.info('Got a request for set: ' + setId);

    // The below line gives the warning mentioned
    set.getSet().then(function(output) {
        res.send(output);

    }).error(function(e){
        log.error(e.message, e.data);
        res.send('An error occurred while handling set:' + e.message);
    });

});

module.exports = router;

In my Sets.js file I have:

var
    Promise = require('bluebird'),
    OE = Promise.OperationalError,
    settings = myReq('config/settings'),
    UserData = myReq('lib/userData'),
    log = myReq('lib/utils').getLogger('sets'),
    errorToSend = false;

module.exports = function(setId, user) {
    var 
        sets = myReq('lib/utils').getDb('sets');

    return {

        getSet : function() {

            log.debug('Getting set')

            return sets.findOneAsync({
                setId:setId
            }).then(function(set){
                if ( set ) {
                    log.debug('got set from DB');
                } else {
                    set = getStaticSet(setId);
                    if ( ! set ) {
                        throw new OE('Failed getting db records or static template for set: ' + setId );
                    }
                    log.debug('got static set');
                }

                log.debug('I am handling set')

                if ( ! checkSet(set) ) {
                    var e = new OE('Failed checking set');
                    e.data = set;
                    throw e;
                }

                return {
                    view : getView(set),
                    logic : set.logic,
                    canEdit : true,
                    error : errorToSend
                };

            });
        }
    };
};

So the line in my view.js file with "set.getSet()" gives the warning about not returning the created promise. It seems like this script still does what I expect it to do, but I do not understand why I get the warning.

Stacktrace:

Warning: a promise was created in a handler but was not returned from it
    at Object.getSet (C:\dev\infoscrn\lib\Sets.js:36:25)
    at C:\dev\infoscrn\routes\view.js:39:20
    at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (C:\dev\infoscrn\node_modules\express\lib\router\layer.js:82:5)
    at next (C:\dev\infoscrn\node_modules\express\lib\router\route.js:110:13)
    at Route.dispatch (C:\dev\infoscrn\node_modules\express\lib\router\route.js:91:3)
    at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (C:\dev\infoscrn\node_modules\express\lib\router\layer.js:82:5)
    at C:\dev\infoscrn\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:267:22
    at param (C:\dev\infoscrn\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:340:14)
    at param (C:\dev\infoscrn\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:356:14)
    at Function.proto.process_params (C:\dev\infoscrn\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:400:3)
    at next (C:\dev\infoscrn\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:261:10)
    at Function.proto.handle (C:\dev\infoscrn\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:166:3)
    at router (C:\dev\infoscrn\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:35:12)
    at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (C:\dev\infoscrn\node_modules\express\lib\router\layer.js:82:5)
    at trim_prefix (C:\dev\infoscrn\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:302:13)
    at C:\dev\infoscrn\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:270:7
    at Function.proto.process_params (C:\dev\infoscrn\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:321:12)
    at next (C:\dev\infoscrn\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:261:10)
    at C:\dev\infoscrn\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:603:15
    at next (C:\dev\infoscrn\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:246:14)

Answer 1

First, try and update all your dependencies. There's been a recent version of Bluebird, which fixed an issue involving this warning.

Next, make sure you return from all your handlers.

Then, if you still get the warning (like I do) you can disable this specific warning. I chose to do so by setting BLUEBIRD_W_FORGOTTEN_RETURN=0 in my environment.