Automated Testing: Fix and use built-in mechanism for flagging unused disables

packages/edit-site/src/components/resizable-frame/index.js

@@ -295,8 +295,6 @@ function ResizableFrame( {
 				[ isRTL() ? 'right' : 'left' ]: canvas === 'view' && (
 					<>
 						<Tooltip text={ __( 'Drag to resize' ) }>
-							{ /* Disable reason: role="separator" does in fact support aria-valuenow */ }
-							{ /* eslint-disable-next-line jsx-a11y/role-supports-aria-props */ }
 							<motion.button
 								key="handle"
 								role="separator"

test/performance/fixtures/perf-utils.ts

@@ -198,10 +198,8 @@ export class PerfUtils {
 
 	async expectExpandedState( locator: Locator, state: 'true' | 'false' ) {
 		return await Promise.any( [
-			// eslint-disable-next-line playwright/missing-playwright-await
 			expect( locator ).toHaveAttribute( 'aria-expanded', state ),
 			// Legacy selector.
-			// eslint-disable-next-line playwright/missing-playwright-await
 			expect( locator ).toHaveAttribute( 'aria-pressed', state ),
 		] );
 	}

tools/api-docs/gen-components-docs/index.mjs

@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ await Promise.all(
 		);
 
 		try {
-			// eslint-disable-next-line no-console
 			console.log( `Writing docs to ${ outputFile }` );
 			return fs.writeFile( outputFile, docs );
 		} catch ( e ) {

tools/api-docs/gen-theme-reference.mjs

@@ -290,7 +290,6 @@ async function main() {
 }
 
 main().catch( ( error ) => {
-	// eslint-disable-next-line no-console
 	console.error( error );
 	process.exit( 1 );
 } );

tools/api-docs/update-api-docs.js

@@ -246,7 +246,6 @@ glob.stream( [
 				cwd: ROOT_DIR,
 			} );
 		} catch ( error ) {
-			// eslint-disable-next-line no-console
 			console.error( error );
 			process.exit( 1 );
 		}

tools/eslint/config.mjs

@@ -206,13 +206,9 @@ export default dedupePlugins( [
 	...wpPlugin.configs.recommended,
 
 	// eslint-comments recommended (manually converted to flat config).
-	// Register under both names so that existing `eslint-comments/*` rule
-	// references (used below) continue to work alongside the canonical
-	// `@eslint-community/eslint-comments/*` names from the recommended config.
 	{
 		plugins: {
 			'@eslint-community/eslint-comments': eslintCommentsPlugin,
-			'eslint-comments': eslintCommentsPlugin,
 		},
 		rules: eslintCommentsPlugin.configs.recommended.rules,
 	},
@@ -225,6 +221,9 @@ export default dedupePlugins( [
 
 	// Global settings applicable to all files.
 	{
+		linterOptions: {
+			reportUnusedDisableDirectives: 'error',
+		},
 		languageOptions: {
 			globals: {
 				wp: 'off',
@@ -267,7 +266,6 @@ export default dedupePlugins( [
 					},
 				},
 			],
-			'eslint-comments/no-unused-disable': 'error',
 			'import/default': 'error',
 			'import/named': 'error',
 			'no-restricted-imports': [