accessorThisRecursion

Reports recursive access to this within getters and setters.

✅ This rule is included in the ts logical presets.

Accessing this.propertyName inside a getter or setter for propertyName triggers that same accessor again, causing infinite recursion and a stack overflow error at runtime.

Examples

❌ Incorrect

class Example {
  get name() {
    return this.name;
  }

  set value(newValue: number) {
    this.value = newValue;
  }
}

const obj = {
  get count() {
    return this.count;
  },
};

✅ Correct

class Example {
  private _name: string = "";
  private _value: number = 0;

  get name() {
    return this._name;
  }

  set value(newValue: number) {
    this._value = newValue;
  }
}

const obj = {
  _count: 0,
  get count() {
    return this._count;
  },
};

Options

This rule is not configurable.

When Not To Use It

There’s no reason to disable this rule, as recursive accessor access always causes a runtime error.

Further Reading

• MDN: getter
• MDN: setter

Equivalents in Other Linters

• ESLint: unicorn/no-accessor-recursion
• Oxlint: unicorn/no-accessor-recursion