If you’ve ever set up custom form controls in Angular with ControlValueAccessor and BehaviorSubjects, you might’ve noticed that checking control.errors in the validate method doesn’t always show the latest state. It’s like, you know the control should be valid, but Angular hasn’t fully caught up yet. This happens because Angular’s validation can run a bit asynchronously, so it might not update control.errors right when you think it should.

A quick fix? Just wrap console.log(control.errors) in a setTimeout with a zero delay:

setTimeout(() => console.log(control.errors), 0);

That tiny delay lets Angular finish its validation cycle and change detection, so by the time console.log runs, control.errors should be totally up-to-date. It’s a simple workaround that just gives Angular a little time to catch its breath before you check the errors!