Is async/await actually easier to debug than Promises?

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I’ve been using both async/await and traditional Promise chains, and I’m curious what other developers prefer when debugging asynchronous code.

For me, async/await often feels easier to follow because the code reads more like synchronous code:

async function loadUser() {
  try {
    const response = await fetch("/api/user");
    const user = await response.json();
    return user;
  } catch (error) {
    console.error(error);
  }
}

Compared with:

function loadUser() {
  return fetch("/api/user")
    .then(response => response.json())
    .then(user => user)
    .catch(error => console.error(error));
}

But I’ve also seen Promise chains make certain asynchronous flows easier to reason about, especially when several operations can run independently.

What’s your experience? Do you find async/await genuinely easier to debug, or does it mostly come down to how the code is structured?