How does nextjs handle unhandled errors on server-side?

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Mottled DuckOP

2024-02-25T12:34:12.000Z

Will it crash the server or not, and does it differ on prod / dev?

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Northeast Congo Lion

2024-02-25T18:09:35.000Z

If you mean at an API route, afaik the serverless function exists after it's run.

So, no, i dont think it will crash your whole application, but your code should be catching errors. Next will serve a 500 internal server error page if it can't process the page.

Mottled DuckOP

2024-02-26T06:57:53.000Z

Thank you @Northeast Congo Lion , I know I should catch errors. I was just asking out of curiosity really.