From 8e75d2c4a89be8cd523456ae2a39c70f4ed299c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joshua Chen <sidachen2003@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2023 23:52:18 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix(eslint-plugin): [no-unsafe-return] allow returning
 anything if explicitly returning any

---
 packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/no-unsafe-return.ts      | 8 +++++++-
 .../eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-unsafe-return.test.ts    | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/no-unsafe-return.ts b/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/no-unsafe-return.ts
index 93a1226e9e4..e5dcf976bbb 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/no-unsafe-return.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/no-unsafe-return.ts
@@ -96,7 +96,13 @@ export default util.createRule({
       // function return type, we shouldn't complain (it's intentional, even if unsafe)
       if (functionTSNode.type) {
         for (const signature of functionType.getCallSignatures()) {
-          if (returnNodeType === signature.getReturnType()) {
+          if (
+            returnNodeType === signature.getReturnType() ||
+            util.isTypeFlagSet(
+              signature.getReturnType(),
+              ts.TypeFlags.Any | ts.TypeFlags.Unknown,
+            )
+          ) {
             return;
           }
         }
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-unsafe-return.test.ts b/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-unsafe-return.test.ts
index b75cdfb28c0..c7e6357054e 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-unsafe-return.test.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-unsafe-return.test.ts
@@ -108,6 +108,12 @@ function foo(): Set<number> {
         return new Map();
       }
     `,
+    // https://github.com/typescript-eslint/typescript-eslint/issues/3549
+    `
+      function foo(): any {
+        return [] as any[];
+      }
+    `,
   ],
   invalid: [
     {

From e677bb781ac850f97bcf96df06a17649d4ca40dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joshua Chen <sidachen2003@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2023 11:55:14 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add test

---
 packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-unsafe-return.test.ts | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-unsafe-return.test.ts b/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-unsafe-return.test.ts
index c7e6357054e..42a798ffe11 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-unsafe-return.test.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-unsafe-return.test.ts
@@ -114,6 +114,11 @@ function foo(): Set<number> {
         return [] as any[];
       }
     `,
+    `
+      function foo(): unknown {
+        return [] as any[];
+      }
+    `,
   ],
   invalid: [
     {