node.js fs.exists() will be deprecated, what to use instead?

Question

According to the documentation node.js fs.exists() will be deprecated. Their reasoning:

fs.exists() is an anachronism and exists only for historical reasons.

Answer 1

Here is an example using fs.stat, but handling errors correctly as well:

async function fileExists(filename) {
    try {
        await fs.promises.stat(filename);
        return true;
    } catch (err) {
        if (err.code === 'ENOENT') {
            return false;
        } else {
            throw err;
        }
    }
}