diff --git a/arrow-libs/core/arrow-core/api/arrow-core.api b/arrow-libs/core/arrow-core/api/arrow-core.api
index 3f18274171f..54eaa80bfe4 100644
--- a/arrow-libs/core/arrow-core/api/arrow-core.api
+++ b/arrow-libs/core/arrow-core/api/arrow-core.api
@@ -2614,6 +2614,7 @@ public final class arrow/core/continuations/EagerEffect$DefaultImpls {
 
 public final class arrow/core/continuations/EagerEffectKt {
 	public static final fun eagerEffect (Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function2;)Larrow/core/continuations/EagerEffect;
+	public static final fun merge (Larrow/core/continuations/EagerEffect;)Ljava/lang/Object;
 }
 
 public abstract interface class arrow/core/continuations/EagerEffectScope {
@@ -2670,6 +2671,7 @@ public final class arrow/core/continuations/Effect$DefaultImpls {
 
 public final class arrow/core/continuations/EffectKt {
 	public static final fun effect (Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function2;)Larrow/core/continuations/Effect;
+	public static final fun merge (Larrow/core/continuations/Effect;Lkotlin/coroutines/Continuation;)Ljava/lang/Object;
 }
 
 public abstract interface class arrow/core/continuations/EffectScope {
diff --git a/arrow-libs/core/arrow-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/arrow/core/continuations/EagerEffect.kt b/arrow-libs/core/arrow-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/arrow/core/continuations/EagerEffect.kt
index 3f24402fe05..e5a7269cb54 100644
--- a/arrow-libs/core/arrow-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/arrow/core/continuations/EagerEffect.kt
+++ b/arrow-libs/core/arrow-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/arrow/core/continuations/EagerEffect.kt
@@ -200,3 +200,5 @@ private class DefaultEagerEffect<R, A>(private val f: suspend EagerEffectScope<R
 }
 
 private const val deprecateMonadAppFunctorOperators: String = "Operators related to Functor, Applicative or Monad hierarchies are being deprecated in favor of bind"
+
+public fun <A> EagerEffect<A, A>.merge(): A = fold(::identity, ::identity)
diff --git a/arrow-libs/core/arrow-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/arrow/core/continuations/Effect.kt b/arrow-libs/core/arrow-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/arrow/core/continuations/Effect.kt
index ee493d3a488..e0bbf54beb5 100644
--- a/arrow-libs/core/arrow-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/arrow/core/continuations/Effect.kt
+++ b/arrow-libs/core/arrow-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/arrow/core/continuations/Effect.kt
@@ -788,3 +788,5 @@ private class DefaultEffect<R, A>(private val f: suspend EffectScope<R>.() -> A)
       }
     }
 }
+
+public suspend fun <A> Effect<A, A>.merge(): A = fold(::identity, ::identity)