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• I have tried restarting my IDE and the issue persists.
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Playground Link

https://typescript-eslint.io/play/#ts=5.0.3&sourceType=module&code=MYewdgzgLgBAtgTwMpQE4EswHMIC4bQbYDaAujALwxkDcAUKJLCFABYCmqKRO+AgqlQBDBAB5CmLAD5K1UvSA&eslintrc=N4KABGBEBOCuA2BTAzpAXGUEKQAIBcBPABxQGNoBLY-AWhXkoDt8B6AQ2mncNqNPRgA2pERcA9tEgAaKJ26FIAXXBgAviDVA&tsconfig=N4KABGBEDGD2C2AHAlgGwKYCcDyiAuysAdgM6QBcYoEEkJemy0eAcgK6qoDCAFutAGsylBm3TgwAXxCSgA

Repro Code

const myStrings: string[] = [];
const otherStrings: Array<string> = [];

### ESLint Config

```javascript
module.exports = {
  parser: "@typescript-eslint/parser",
  rules: {
    "@typescript-eslint/array-type": ["error", "array"]
  },
};

tsconfig

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Expected Result

I initially expected that I'd enforce array types (e.g. string[] rather than Array<string> everywhere), becuase I skimmed https://github.com/typescript-eslint/typescript-eslint/blob/HEAD/packages/eslint-plugin/docs/rules/array-type.md and didn't realise this should be an options object.

This is a user error, and should instead be configured:

    "@typescript-eslint/array-type": ["error", { default: "array" }]

That said, I then expected the rule would give me some kind of warning or error that my eslint config was invalid, so I could debug this quickly.

Actual Result

The rule doesn't complain about its configuration, but instead highlights every array type it sees as an error - and tries to convert them to the other type in a loop.

Additional Info

There is also #6852, which relates to other config not being validated by this rule.