# domenic/promises-unwrapping

The ES6 promises spec, as per September 2013 TC39 meeting

Repository: https://github.com/domenic/promises-unwrapping
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/promises-unwrapping
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-05-15T02:49:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4760, "days_push": 2301, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1258, forks 93 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:09.480097+00:00)

## What it is
The historical staging repository for the ES6 Promises specification draft discussed at the September 2013 TC39 meeting. It documents promise semantics (states, resolution, abstract operations) and has since been folded into the official ECMAScript 6 specification.

## Use cases
- understand how ES6 promises work internally
- read the original promises spec proposal text
- research promise states like fulfilled rejected and pending
- study PromiseCapability and promise abstract operations
- trace the history of the ECMAScript promises standardization
- find the TC39 discussion record for promises

## When to choose
- you need the historical proposal text or issue discussions that shaped the promises spec
- you are researching how promises were standardized in ECMAScript 6

## When to avoid
- you need the current normative promises specification - use the official ECMAScript spec instead
- you want a promise implementation library for your code
- you need up-to-date documentation of modern async/await features

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: abandoned
- function: documentation, concurrency
- domain: programming-languages, documentation
- platform: -
- tags: ecmascript, es6, promises, specification, tc39, async, algorithms, javascript

## Member repositories
- domenic/promises-unwrapping (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:09.480097+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T05:05:35.260323+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/domenic/promises-unwrapping (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:09.480097+00:00, sha 7410698e062b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.