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Apart from the timing, `$effect.pre` works exactly like `$effect`.
## `$effect.tracking`
The `$effect.tracking` rune is an advanced feature that tells you whether or not the code is running inside a tracking context, such as an effect or inside your template ([demo](/playground/untitled#H4sIAAAAAAAACn3PwYrCMBDG8VeZDYIt2PYeY8Dn2HrIhqkU08nQjItS-u6buAt7UDzmz8ePyaKGMWBS-nNRcmdU-hHUTpGbyuvI3KZvDFLal0v4qvtIgiSZUSb5eWSxPfWSc4oB2xDP1XYk8HHiSHkICeXKeruDDQ4Demlldv4y0rmq6z10HQwuJMxGVv4mVVXDwcJS0jP9u3knynwtoKz1vifT_Z9Jhm0WBCcOTlDD8kyspmML5qNpHg40jc3fFryJ0iWsp_UHgz3180oBAAA=)):
It is used to implement abstractions like [`createSubscriber`](/docs/svelte/svelte-reactivity#createSubscriber), which will create listeners to update reactive values but _only_ if those values are being tracked (rather than, for example, read inside an event handler).
## `$effect.pending`
When using [`await`](await-expressions) in components, the `$effect.pending()` rune tells you how many promises are pending in the current [boundary](svelte-boundary), not including child boundaries ([demo](/playground/untitled#H4sIAAAAAAAAE3WRMU_DMBCF_8rJdHDUqilILGkaiY2RgY0yOPYZWbiOFV8IleX_jpMUEAIWS_7u-d27c2ROnJBV7B6t7WDsequAozKEqmAbpo3FwKqnyOjsJ90EMr-8uvN-G97Q0sRaEfAvLjtH6CjbsDrI3nhqju5IFgkEHGAVSBDy62L_SdtvejPTzEU4Owl6cJJM50AoxcUG2gLiVM31URgChyM89N3JBORcF3BoICA9mhN2A3G9gdvdrij2UJYgejLaSCMsKLTivNj0SEOf7WEN7ZwnHV1dfqd2dTsQ5QCdk9bI10PkcxexXqcmH3W51Jt_le2kbH8os9Y3UaTcNLYpDx-Xab6GTHXpZ128MhpWqDVK2np0yrgXXqQpaLa4APDLBkIF8bd2sYql0Sn_DeE7sYr6AdNzvgljR-MUq7SwAdMHeUtgHR4CAAA=)):
Effect roots are also created when you [`mount`](imperative-component-api#mount) or [`hydrate`](imperative-component-api#hydrate) a component.
## `$effect.tracking`
The `$effect.tracking` rune is an advanced feature that tells you whether or not the code is running inside a tracking context, such as an effect or inside your template ([demo](/playground/untitled#H4sIAAAAAAAACn3PwYrCMBDG8VeZDYIt2PYeY8Dn2HrIhqkU08nQjItS-u6buAt7UDzmz8ePyaKGMWBS-nNRcmdU-hHUTpGbyuvI3KZvDFLal0v4qvtIgiSZUSb5eWSxPfWSc4oB2xDP1XYk8HHiSHkICeXKeruDDQ4Demlldv4y0rmq6z10HQwuJMxGVv4mVVXDwcJS0jP9u3knynwtoKz1vifT_Z9Jhm0WBCcOTlDD8kyspmML5qNpHg40jc3fFryJ0iWsp_UHgz3180oBAAA=)):
It is used to implement abstractions like [`createSubscriber`](/docs/svelte/svelte-reactivity#createSubscriber), which will create listeners to update reactive values but _only_ if those values are being tracked (rather than, for example, read inside an event handler).
## `$effect.allowed`
The `$effect.allowed` rune is an advanced feature that indicates whether or not an effect (or [async `$derived`](await-expressions)) can be created — in other words, that we are inside the context of an effect root.
The difference between `$effect.allowed()` and `$effect.tracking()` is that `$effect.tracking()` will return `false` at the top level of a component (or directly inside an effect root), since reading state at that moment will _not_ cause anything to re-run when the state changes.
## When not to use `$effect`
In general, `$effect` is best considered something of an escape hatch — useful for things like analytics and direct DOM manipulation — rather than a tool you should use frequently. In particular, avoid using it to synchronise state. Instead of this...