---
id: "ErrorHandling"
title: "Interface: ErrorHandling"
sidebar_label: "ErrorHandling"
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---

## Implemented by

- [`DefaultErrorHandling`](../classes/DefaultErrorHandling.md)

## Properties

### keepAlive

• **keepAlive**: `number`

Number of times the process should throw an error until crashing and exiting

#### Defined in

[src/handler/contracts/errorHandling.ts:8](https://github.com/sern-handler/handler/blob/33f1446/src/handler/contracts/errorHandling.ts#L8)

## Methods

### crash

▸ **crash**(`error`): `never`

Utility function to crash

#### Parameters

| Name | Type |
| :------ | :------ |
| `error` | `Error` |

#### Returns

`never`

#### Defined in

[src/handler/contracts/errorHandling.ts:14](https://github.com/sern-handler/handler/blob/33f1446/src/handler/contracts/errorHandling.ts#L14)

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### updateAlive

▸ **updateAlive**(`error`): `void`

A function that is called on every crash. Updates keepAlive

#### Parameters

| Name | Type |
| :------ | :------ |
| `error` | `Error` |

#### Returns

`void`

#### Defined in

[src/handler/contracts/errorHandling.ts:20](https://github.com/sern-handler/handler/blob/33f1446/src/handler/contracts/errorHandling.ts#L20)