Applications running in Node.js will generally experience four categories of
errors:
All JavaScript and system errors raised by Node.js inherit from, or are
instances of, the standard JavaScript <Error> class and are guaranteed
to provide at least the properties available on that class.
Node.js error codes#
ABORT_ERR
#
Added in: v15.0.0
Used when an operation has been aborted (typically using an AbortController
).
APIs not using AbortSignal
s typically do not raise an error with this code.
This code does not use the regular ERR_*
convention Node.js errors use in
order to be compatible with the web platform's AbortError
.
ERR_ACCESS_DENIED
#
A special type of error that is triggered whenever Node.js tries to get access
to a resource restricted by the policy manifest.
For example, process.binding
.
ERR_AMBIGUOUS_ARGUMENT
#
A function argument is being used in a way that suggests that the function
signature may be misunderstood. This is thrown by the node:assert
module when
the message
parameter in assert.throws(block, message)
matches the error
message thrown by block
because that usage suggests that the user believes
message
is the expected message rather than the message the AssertionError
will display if block
does not throw.
ERR_ARG_NOT_ITERABLE
#
An iterable argument (i.e. a value that works with for...of
loops) was
required, but not provided to a Node.js API.
ERR_ASSERTION
#
A special type of error that can be triggered whenever Node.js detects an
exceptional logic violation that should never occur. These are raised typically
by the node:assert
module.
ERR_ASYNC_CALLBACK
#
An attempt was made to register something that is not a function as an
AsyncHooks
callback.
ERR_ASYNC_TYPE
#
The type of an asynchronous resource was invalid. Users are also able
to define their own types if using the public embedder API.
ERR_BROTLI_COMPRESSION_FAILED
#
Data passed to a Brotli stream was not successfully compressed.
ERR_BROTLI_INVALID_PARAM
#
An invalid parameter key was passed during construction of a Brotli stream.
ERR_BUFFER_CONTEXT_NOT_AVAILABLE
#
An attempt was made to create a Node.js Buffer
instance from addon or embedder
code, while in a JS engine Context that is not associated with a Node.js
instance. The data passed to the Buffer
method will have been released
by the time the method returns.
When encountering this error, a possible alternative to creating a Buffer
instance is to create a normal Uint8Array
, which only differs in the
prototype of the resulting object. Uint8Array
s are generally accepted in all
Node.js core APIs where Buffer
s are; they are available in all Contexts.
ERR_BUFFER_OUT_OF_BOUNDS
#
An operation outside the bounds of a Buffer
was attempted.
ERR_BUFFER_TOO_LARGE
#
An attempt has been made to create a Buffer
larger than the maximum allowed
size.
ERR_CANNOT_WATCH_SIGINT
#
Node.js was unable to watch for the SIGINT
signal.
ERR_CHILD_CLOSED_BEFORE_REPLY
#
A child process was closed before the parent received a reply.
ERR_CHILD_PROCESS_IPC_REQUIRED
#
Used when a child process is being forked without specifying an IPC channel.
ERR_CHILD_PROCESS_STDIO_MAXBUFFER
#
Used when the main process is trying to read data from the child process's
STDERR/STDOUT, and the data's length is longer than the maxBuffer
option.
ERR_CLOSED_MESSAGE_PORT
#
There was an attempt to use a MessagePort
instance in a closed
state, usually after .close()
has been called.
ERR_CONSOLE_WRITABLE_STREAM
#
Console
was instantiated without stdout
stream, or Console
has a
non-writable stdout
or stderr
stream.
ERR_CONSTRUCT_CALL_INVALID
#
A class constructor was called that is not callable.
ERR_CONSTRUCT_CALL_REQUIRED
#
A constructor for a class was called without new
.
ERR_CONTEXT_NOT_INITIALIZED
#
The vm context passed into the API is not yet initialized. This could happen
when an error occurs (and is caught) during the creation of the
context, for example, when the allocation fails or the maximum call stack
size is reached when the context is created.
ERR_CRYPTO_CUSTOM_ENGINE_NOT_SUPPORTED
#
A client certificate engine was requested that is not supported by the version
of OpenSSL being used.
ERR_CRYPTO_ECDH_INVALID_FORMAT
#
An invalid value for the format
argument was passed to the crypto.ECDH()
class getPublicKey()
method.
ERR_CRYPTO_ECDH_INVALID_PUBLIC_KEY
#
An invalid value for the key
argument has been passed to the
crypto.ECDH()
class computeSecret()
method. It means that the public
key lies outside of the elliptic curve.
ERR_CRYPTO_ENGINE_UNKNOWN
#
An invalid crypto engine identifier was passed to
require('node:crypto').setEngine()
.
ERR_CRYPTO_FIPS_FORCED
#
The --force-fips
command-line argument was used but there was an attempt
to enable or disable FIPS mode in the node:crypto
module.
ERR_CRYPTO_FIPS_UNAVAILABLE
#
An attempt was made to enable or disable FIPS mode, but FIPS mode was not
available.
ERR_CRYPTO_HASH_FINALIZED
#
hash.digest()
was called multiple times. The hash.digest()
method must
be called no more than one time per instance of a Hash
object.
ERR_CRYPTO_HASH_UPDATE_FAILED
#
hash.update()
failed for any reason. This should rarely, if ever, happen.
ERR_CRYPTO_INCOMPATIBLE_KEY
#
The given crypto keys are incompatible with the attempted operation.
ERR_CRYPTO_INCOMPATIBLE_KEY_OPTIONS
#
The selected public or private key encoding is incompatible with other options.
ERR_CRYPTO_INITIALIZATION_FAILED
#
Added in: v15.0.0
Initialization of the crypto subsystem failed.
ERR_CRYPTO_INVALID_AUTH_TAG
#
Added in: v15.0.0
An invalid authentication tag was provided.
ERR_CRYPTO_INVALID_COUNTER
#
Added in: v15.0.0
An invalid counter was provided for a counter-mode cipher.
ERR_CRYPTO_INVALID_CURVE
#
Added in: v15.0.0
An invalid elliptic-curve was provided.
ERR_CRYPTO_INVALID_DIGEST
#
An invalid crypto digest algorithm was specified.
ERR_CRYPTO_INVALID_IV
#
Added in: v15.0.0
An invalid initialization vector was provided.
ERR_CRYPTO_INVALID_JWK
#
Added in: v15.0.0
An invalid JSON Web Key was provided.
ERR_CRYPTO_INVALID_KEY_OBJECT_TYPE
#
The given crypto key object's type is invalid for the attempted operation.
ERR_CRYPTO_INVALID_KEYLEN
#
Added in: v15.0.0
An invalid key length was provided.
ERR_CRYPTO_INVALID_KEYPAIR
#
Added in: v15.0.0
An invalid key pair was provided.
ERR_CRYPTO_INVALID_KEYTYPE
#
Added in: v15.0.0
An invalid key type was provided.
ERR_CRYPTO_INVALID_MESSAGELEN
#
Added in: v15.0.0
An invalid message length was provided.
ERR_CRYPTO_INVALID_SCRYPT_PARAMS
#
Added in: v15.0.0
Invalid scrypt algorithm parameters were provided.
ERR_CRYPTO_INVALID_STATE
#
A crypto method was used on an object that was in an invalid state. For
instance, calling cipher.getAuthTag()
before calling cipher.final()
.
ERR_CRYPTO_INVALID_TAG_LENGTH
#
Added in: v15.0.0
An invalid authentication tag length was provided.
ERR_CRYPTO_JOB_INIT_FAILED
#
Added in: v15.0.0
Initialization of an asynchronous crypto operation failed.
ERR_CRYPTO_JWK_UNSUPPORTED_CURVE
#
Key's Elliptic Curve is not registered for use in the
JSON Web Key Elliptic Curve Registry.
ERR_CRYPTO_JWK_UNSUPPORTED_KEY_TYPE
#
Key's Asymmetric Key Type is not registered for use in the
JSON Web Key Types Registry.
ERR_CRYPTO_OPERATION_FAILED
#
Added in: v15.0.0
A crypto operation failed for an otherwise unspecified reason.
ERR_CRYPTO_PBKDF2_ERROR
#
The PBKDF2 algorithm failed for unspecified reasons. OpenSSL does not provide
more details and therefore neither does Node.js.
ERR_CRYPTO_SCRYPT_INVALID_PARAMETER
#
One or more crypto.scrypt()
or crypto.scryptSync()
parameters are
outside their legal range.
ERR_CRYPTO_SCRYPT_NOT_SUPPORTED
#
Node.js was compiled without scrypt
support. Not possible with the official
release binaries but can happen with custom builds, including distro builds.
ERR_CRYPTO_SIGN_KEY_REQUIRED
#
A signing key
was not provided to the sign.sign()
method.
ERR_CRYPTO_TIMING_SAFE_EQUAL_LENGTH
#
crypto.timingSafeEqual()
was called with Buffer
, TypedArray
, or
DataView
arguments of different lengths.
ERR_CRYPTO_UNKNOWN_CIPHER
#
An unknown cipher was specified.
ERR_CRYPTO_UNKNOWN_DH_GROUP
#
An unknown Diffie-Hellman group name was given. See
crypto.getDiffieHellman()
for a list of valid group names.
ERR_CRYPTO_UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION
#
Added in: v15.0.0
An attempt to invoke an unsupported crypto operation was made.
ERR_DEBUGGER_ERROR
#
Added in: v16.4.0
An error occurred with the debugger.
ERR_DEBUGGER_STARTUP_ERROR
#
Added in: v16.4.0
The debugger timed out waiting for the required host/port to be free.
ERR_DLOPEN_DISABLED
#
Added in: v16.10.0
Loading native addons has been disabled using --no-addons
.
ERR_DLOPEN_FAILED
#
Added in: v15.0.0
A call to process.dlopen()
failed.
ERR_DIR_CLOSED
#
The fs.Dir
was previously closed.
ERR_DIR_CONCURRENT_OPERATION
#
Added in: v14.3.0
A synchronous read or close call was attempted on an fs.Dir
which has
ongoing asynchronous operations.
ERR_DNS_SET_SERVERS_FAILED
#
c-ares
failed to set the DNS server.
ERR_DOMAIN_CALLBACK_NOT_AVAILABLE
#
The node:domain
module was not usable since it could not establish the
required error handling hooks, because
process.setUncaughtExceptionCaptureCallback()
had been called at an
earlier point in time.
ERR_DOMAIN_CANNOT_SET_UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTION_CAPTURE
#
process.setUncaughtExceptionCaptureCallback()
could not be called
because the node:domain
module has been loaded at an earlier point in time.
The stack trace is extended to include the point in time at which the
node:domain
module had been loaded.
ERR_DUPLICATE_STARTUP_SNAPSHOT_MAIN_FUNCTION
#
v8.startupSnapshot.setDeserializeMainFunction()
could not be called
because it had already been called before.
ERR_ENCODING_INVALID_ENCODED_DATA
#
Data provided to TextDecoder()
API was invalid according to the encoding
provided.
ERR_ENCODING_NOT_SUPPORTED
#
Encoding provided to TextDecoder()
API was not one of the
WHATWG Supported Encodings.
ERR_EVAL_ESM_CANNOT_PRINT
#
--print
cannot be used with ESM input.
ERR_EVENT_RECURSION
#
Thrown when an attempt is made to recursively dispatch an event on EventTarget
.
ERR_EXECUTION_ENVIRONMENT_NOT_AVAILABLE
#
The JS execution context is not associated with a Node.js environment.
This may occur when Node.js is used as an embedded library and some hooks
for the JS engine are not set up properly.
ERR_FALSY_VALUE_REJECTION
#
A Promise
that was callbackified via util.callbackify()
was rejected with a
falsy value.
ERR_FEATURE_UNAVAILABLE_ON_PLATFORM
#
Added in: v14.0.0
Used when a feature that is not available
to the current platform which is running Node.js is used.
ERR_FS_CP_DIR_TO_NON_DIR
#
An attempt was made to copy a directory to a non-directory (file, symlink,
etc.) using fs.cp()
.
ERR_FS_CP_EEXIST
#
An attempt was made to copy over a file that already existed with
fs.cp()
, with the force
and errorOnExist
set to true
.
ERR_FS_CP_EINVAL
#
When using fs.cp()
, src
or dest
pointed to an invalid path.
ERR_HTTP_CONTENT_LENGTH_MISMATCH
#
Response body size doesn't match with the specified content-length header value.
ERR_FS_CP_FIFO_PIPE
#
An attempt was made to copy a named pipe with fs.cp()
.
ERR_FS_CP_NON_DIR_TO_DIR
#
An attempt was made to copy a non-directory (file, symlink, etc.) to a directory
using fs.cp()
.
ERR_FS_CP_SOCKET
#
An attempt was made to copy to a socket with fs.cp()
.
ERR_FS_CP_SYMLINK_TO_SUBDIRECTORY
#
When using fs.cp()
, a symlink in dest
pointed to a subdirectory
of src
.
ERR_FS_CP_UNKNOWN
#
An attempt was made to copy to an unknown file type with fs.cp()
.
ERR_FS_EISDIR
#
Path is a directory.
ERR_FS_FILE_TOO_LARGE
#
An attempt has been made to read a file whose size is larger than the maximum
allowed size for a Buffer
.
ERR_FS_INVALID_SYMLINK_TYPE
#
An invalid symlink type was passed to the fs.symlink()
or
fs.symlinkSync()
methods.
ERR_HTTP_HEADERS_SENT
An attempt was made to add more headers after the headers had already been sent.
ERR_HTTP_INVALID_HEADER_VALUE
An invalid HTTP header value was specified.
ERR_HTTP_INVALID_STATUS_CODE
#
Status code was outside the regular status code range (100-999).
ERR_HTTP_REQUEST_TIMEOUT
#
The client has not sent the entire request within the allowed time.
ERR_HTTP_SOCKET_ENCODING
#
Changing the socket encoding is not allowed per RFC 7230 Section 3.
ERR_HTTP_TRAILER_INVALID
#
The Trailer
header was set even though the transfer encoding does not support
that.
ERR_HTTP2_ALTSVC_INVALID_ORIGIN
#
HTTP/2 ALTSVC frames require a valid origin.
ERR_HTTP2_ALTSVC_LENGTH
#
HTTP/2 ALTSVC frames are limited to a maximum of 16,382 payload bytes.
ERR_HTTP2_CONNECT_AUTHORITY
#
For HTTP/2 requests using the CONNECT
method, the :authority
pseudo-header
is required.
ERR_HTTP2_CONNECT_PATH
#
For HTTP/2 requests using the CONNECT
method, the :path
pseudo-header is
forbidden.
ERR_HTTP2_CONNECT_SCHEME
#
For HTTP/2 requests using the CONNECT
method, the :scheme
pseudo-header is
forbidden.
ERR_HTTP2_ERROR
#
A non-specific HTTP/2 error has occurred.
ERR_HTTP2_GOAWAY_SESSION
#
New HTTP/2 Streams may not be opened after the Http2Session
has received a
GOAWAY
frame from the connected peer.
ERR_HTTP2_HEADER_SINGLE_VALUE
Multiple values were provided for an HTTP/2 header field that was required to
have only a single value.
ERR_HTTP2_HEADERS_AFTER_RESPOND
An additional headers was specified after an HTTP/2 response was initiated.
ERR_HTTP2_HEADERS_SENT
An attempt was made to send multiple response headers.
ERR_HTTP2_INFO_STATUS_NOT_ALLOWED
#
Informational HTTP status codes (1xx
) may not be set as the response status
code on HTTP/2 responses.
ERR_HTTP2_INVALID_CONNECTION_HEADERS
HTTP/1 connection specific headers are forbidden to be used in HTTP/2
requests and responses.
ERR_HTTP2_INVALID_HEADER_VALUE
An invalid HTTP/2 header value was specified.
ERR_HTTP2_INVALID_INFO_STATUS
#
An invalid HTTP informational status code has been specified. Informational
status codes must be an integer between 100
and 199
(inclusive).
ERR_HTTP2_INVALID_ORIGIN
#
HTTP/2 ORIGIN
frames require a valid origin.
ERR_HTTP2_INVALID_PACKED_SETTINGS_LENGTH
#
Input Buffer
and Uint8Array
instances passed to the
http2.getUnpackedSettings()
API must have a length that is a multiple of
six.
ERR_HTTP2_INVALID_PSEUDOHEADER
Only valid HTTP/2 pseudoheaders (:status
, :path
, :authority
, :scheme
,
and :method
) may be used.
ERR_HTTP2_INVALID_SESSION
#
An action was performed on an Http2Session
object that had already been
destroyed.
ERR_HTTP2_INVALID_SETTING_VALUE
#
An invalid value has been specified for an HTTP/2 setting.
ERR_HTTP2_INVALID_STREAM
#
An operation was performed on a stream that had already been destroyed.
ERR_HTTP2_MAX_PENDING_SETTINGS_ACK
#
Whenever an HTTP/2 SETTINGS
frame is sent to a connected peer, the peer is
required to send an acknowledgment that it has received and applied the new
SETTINGS
. By default, a maximum number of unacknowledged SETTINGS
frames may
be sent at any given time. This error code is used when that limit has been
reached.
ERR_HTTP2_NESTED_PUSH
#
An attempt was made to initiate a new push stream from within a push stream.
Nested push streams are not permitted.
ERR_HTTP2_NO_MEM
#
Out of memory when using the http2session.setLocalWindowSize(windowSize)
API.
ERR_HTTP2_NO_SOCKET_MANIPULATION
#
An attempt was made to directly manipulate (read, write, pause, resume, etc.) a
socket attached to an Http2Session
.
ERR_HTTP2_ORIGIN_LENGTH
#
HTTP/2 ORIGIN
frames are limited to a length of 16382 bytes.
ERR_HTTP2_OUT_OF_STREAMS
#
The number of streams created on a single HTTP/2 session reached the maximum
limit.
ERR_HTTP2_PAYLOAD_FORBIDDEN
#
A message payload was specified for an HTTP response code for which a payload is
forbidden.
ERR_HTTP2_PING_CANCEL
#
An HTTP/2 ping was canceled.
ERR_HTTP2_PING_LENGTH
#
HTTP/2 ping payloads must be exactly 8 bytes in length.
ERR_HTTP2_PSEUDOHEADER_NOT_ALLOWED
An HTTP/2 pseudo-header has been used inappropriately. Pseudo-headers are header
key names that begin with the :
prefix.
ERR_HTTP2_PUSH_DISABLED
#
An attempt was made to create a push stream, which had been disabled by the
client.
ERR_HTTP2_SEND_FILE
#
An attempt was made to use the Http2Stream.prototype.responseWithFile()
API to
send a directory.
ERR_HTTP2_SEND_FILE_NOSEEK
#
An attempt was made to use the Http2Stream.prototype.responseWithFile()
API to
send something other than a regular file, but offset
or length
options were
provided.
ERR_HTTP2_SESSION_ERROR
#
The Http2Session
closed with a non-zero error code.
ERR_HTTP2_SETTINGS_CANCEL
#
The Http2Session
settings canceled.
ERR_HTTP2_SOCKET_BOUND
#
An attempt was made to connect a Http2Session
object to a net.Socket
or
tls.TLSSocket
that had already been bound to another Http2Session
object.
ERR_HTTP2_SOCKET_UNBOUND
#
An attempt was made to use the socket
property of an Http2Session
that
has already been closed.
ERR_HTTP2_STATUS_101
#
Use of the 101
Informational status code is forbidden in HTTP/2.
ERR_HTTP2_STATUS_INVALID
#
An invalid HTTP status code has been specified. Status codes must be an integer
between 100
and 599
(inclusive).
ERR_HTTP2_STREAM_CANCEL
#
An Http2Stream
was destroyed before any data was transmitted to the connected
peer.
ERR_HTTP2_STREAM_ERROR
#
A non-zero error code was been specified in an RST_STREAM
frame.
ERR_HTTP2_STREAM_SELF_DEPENDENCY
#
When setting the priority for an HTTP/2 stream, the stream may be marked as
a dependency for a parent stream. This error code is used when an attempt is
made to mark a stream and dependent of itself.
ERR_HTTP2_TOO_MANY_INVALID_FRAMES
#
The limit of acceptable invalid HTTP/2 protocol frames sent by the peer,
as specified through the maxSessionInvalidFrames
option, has been exceeded.
ERR_HTTP2_TRAILERS_ALREADY_SENT
#
Trailing headers have already been sent on the Http2Stream
.
ERR_HTTP2_TRAILERS_NOT_READY
#
The http2stream.sendTrailers()
method cannot be called until after the
'wantTrailers'
event is emitted on an Http2Stream
object. The
'wantTrailers'
event will only be emitted if the waitForTrailers
option
is set for the Http2Stream
.
ERR_HTTP2_UNSUPPORTED_PROTOCOL
#
http2.connect()
was passed a URL that uses any protocol other than http:
or
https:
.
ERR_ILLEGAL_CONSTRUCTOR
#
An attempt was made to construct an object using a non-public constructor.
ERR_IMPORT_ASSERTION_TYPE_FAILED
#
Added in: v16.14.0
An import assertion has failed, preventing the specified module to be imported.
ERR_IMPORT_ASSERTION_TYPE_MISSING
#
Added in: v16.14.0
An import assertion is missing, preventing the specified module to be imported.
ERR_IMPORT_ASSERTION_TYPE_UNSUPPORTED
#
Added in: v16.14.0
An import assertion is not supported by this version of Node.js.
ERR_INCOMPATIBLE_OPTION_PAIR
#
An option pair is incompatible with each other and cannot be used at the same
time.
ERR_INPUT_TYPE_NOT_ALLOWED
#
The --input-type
flag was used to attempt to execute a file. This flag can
only be used with input via --eval
, --print
, or STDIN
.
ERR_INSPECTOR_ALREADY_ACTIVATED
#
While using the node:inspector
module, an attempt was made to activate the
inspector when it already started to listen on a port. Use inspector.close()
before activating it on a different address.
ERR_INSPECTOR_ALREADY_CONNECTED
#
While using the node:inspector
module, an attempt was made to connect when the
inspector was already connected.
ERR_INSPECTOR_CLOSED
#
While using the node:inspector
module, an attempt was made to use the
inspector after the session had already closed.
ERR_INSPECTOR_COMMAND
#
An error occurred while issuing a command via the node:inspector
module.
ERR_INSPECTOR_NOT_ACTIVE
#
The inspector
is not active when inspector.waitForDebugger()
is called.
ERR_INSPECTOR_NOT_AVAILABLE
#
The node:inspector
module is not available for use.
ERR_INSPECTOR_NOT_CONNECTED
#
While using the node:inspector
module, an attempt was made to use the
inspector before it was connected.
ERR_INSPECTOR_NOT_WORKER
#
An API was called on the main thread that can only be used from
the worker thread.
ERR_INTERNAL_ASSERTION
#
There was a bug in Node.js or incorrect usage of Node.js internals.
To fix the error, open an issue at https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues.
ERR_INVALID_ADDRESS_FAMILY
#
The provided address family is not understood by the Node.js API.
ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE
#
An argument of the wrong type was passed to a Node.js API.
ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE
#
An invalid or unsupported value was passed for a given argument.
ERR_INVALID_ASYNC_ID
#
An invalid asyncId
or triggerAsyncId
was passed using AsyncHooks
. An id
less than -1 should never happen.
ERR_INVALID_BUFFER_SIZE
#
A swap was performed on a Buffer
but its size was not compatible with the
operation.
ERR_INVALID_CALLBACK
#
A callback function was required but was not been provided to a Node.js API.
ERR_INVALID_CHAR
#
Invalid characters were detected in headers.
ERR_INVALID_CURSOR_POS
#
A cursor on a given stream cannot be moved to a specified row without a
specified column.
ERR_INVALID_FD
#
A file descriptor ('fd') was not valid (e.g. it was a negative value).
ERR_INVALID_FD_TYPE
#
A file descriptor ('fd') type was not valid.
ERR_INVALID_FILE_URL_HOST
#
A Node.js API that consumes file:
URLs (such as certain functions in the
fs
module) encountered a file URL with an incompatible host. This
situation can only occur on Unix-like systems where only localhost
or an empty
host is supported.
ERR_INVALID_FILE_URL_PATH
#
A Node.js API that consumes file:
URLs (such as certain functions in the
fs
module) encountered a file URL with an incompatible path. The exact
semantics for determining whether a path can be used is platform-dependent.
ERR_INVALID_HANDLE_TYPE
#
An attempt was made to send an unsupported "handle" over an IPC communication
channel to a child process. See subprocess.send()
and process.send()
for more information.
ERR_INVALID_HTTP_TOKEN
#
An invalid HTTP token was supplied.
ERR_INVALID_IP_ADDRESS
#
An IP address is not valid.
ERR_INVALID_MODULE
#
Added in: v15.0.0
An attempt was made to load a module that does not exist or was otherwise not
valid.
ERR_INVALID_MODULE_SPECIFIER
#
The imported module string is an invalid URL, package name, or package subpath
specifier.
ERR_INVALID_PACKAGE_CONFIG
#
An invalid package.json
file failed parsing.
ERR_INVALID_PACKAGE_TARGET
#
The package.json
"exports"
field contains an invalid target mapping
value for the attempted module resolution.
ERR_INVALID_PERFORMANCE_MARK
#
While using the Performance Timing API (perf_hooks
), a performance mark is
invalid.
ERR_INVALID_PROTOCOL
#
An invalid options.protocol
was passed to http.request()
.
ERR_INVALID_REPL_EVAL_CONFIG
#
Both breakEvalOnSigint
and eval
options were set in the REPL
config,
which is not supported.
ERR_INVALID_REPL_INPUT
#
The input may not be used in the REPL
. The conditions under which this
error is used are described in the REPL
documentation.
ERR_INVALID_RETURN_PROPERTY
#
Thrown in case a function option does not provide a valid value for one of its
returned object properties on execution.
ERR_INVALID_RETURN_PROPERTY_VALUE
#
Thrown in case a function option does not provide an expected value
type for one of its returned object properties on execution.
ERR_INVALID_RETURN_VALUE
#
Thrown in case a function option does not return an expected value
type on execution, such as when a function is expected to return a promise.
ERR_INVALID_STATE
#
Added in: v15.0.0
Indicates that an operation cannot be completed due to an invalid state.
For instance, an object may have already been destroyed, or may be
performing another operation.
ERR_INVALID_SYNC_FORK_INPUT
#
A Buffer
, TypedArray
, DataView
, or string
was provided as stdio input to
an asynchronous fork. See the documentation for the child_process
module
for more information.
ERR_INVALID_THIS
#
A Node.js API function was called with an incompatible this
value.
const urlSearchParams = new URLSearchParams('foo=bar&baz=new');
const buf = Buffer.alloc(1);
urlSearchParams.has.call(buf, 'foo');
ERR_INVALID_TRANSFER_OBJECT
#
An invalid transfer object was passed to postMessage()
.
ERR_INVALID_TUPLE
#
An element in the iterable
provided to the WHATWG
URLSearchParams
constructor did not
represent a [name, value]
tuple – that is, if an element is not iterable, or
does not consist of exactly two elements.
ERR_INVALID_URI
#
An invalid URI was passed.
ERR_INVALID_URL
#
An invalid URL was passed to the WHATWG
URL
constructor to be parsed. The thrown error object
typically has an additional property 'input'
that contains the URL that failed
to parse.
ERR_INVALID_URL_SCHEME
#
An attempt was made to use a URL of an incompatible scheme (protocol) for a
specific purpose. It is only used in the WHATWG URL API support in the
fs
module (which only accepts URLs with 'file'
scheme), but may be used
in other Node.js APIs as well in the future.
ERR_IPC_CHANNEL_CLOSED
#
An attempt was made to use an IPC communication channel that was already closed.
ERR_IPC_DISCONNECTED
#
An attempt was made to disconnect an IPC communication channel that was already
disconnected. See the documentation for the child_process
module
for more information.
ERR_IPC_ONE_PIPE
#
An attempt was made to create a child Node.js process using more than one IPC
communication channel. See the documentation for the child_process
module
for more information.
ERR_IPC_SYNC_FORK
#
An attempt was made to open an IPC communication channel with a synchronously
forked Node.js process. See the documentation for the child_process
module
for more information.
ERR_LOADER_CHAIN_INCOMPLETE
#
Added in: v16.17.0
An ESM loader hook returned without calling next()
and without explicitly
signaling a short circuit.
ERR_MANIFEST_ASSERT_INTEGRITY
#
An attempt was made to load a resource, but the resource did not match the
integrity defined by the policy manifest. See the documentation for policy
manifests for more information.
ERR_MANIFEST_DEPENDENCY_MISSING
#
An attempt was made to load a resource, but the resource was not listed as a
dependency from the location that attempted to load it. See the documentation
for policy manifests for more information.
ERR_MANIFEST_INTEGRITY_MISMATCH
#
An attempt was made to load a policy manifest, but the manifest had multiple
entries for a resource which did not match each other. Update the manifest
entries to match in order to resolve this error. See the documentation for
policy manifests for more information.
ERR_MANIFEST_INVALID_RESOURCE_FIELD
#
A policy manifest resource had an invalid value for one of its fields. Update
the manifest entry to match in order to resolve this error. See the
documentation for policy manifests for more information.
ERR_MANIFEST_INVALID_SPECIFIER
#
A policy manifest resource had an invalid value for one of its dependency
mappings. Update the manifest entry to match to resolve this error. See the
documentation for policy manifests for more information.
ERR_MANIFEST_PARSE_POLICY
#
An attempt was made to load a policy manifest, but the manifest was unable to
be parsed. See the documentation for policy manifests for more information.
ERR_MANIFEST_TDZ
#
An attempt was made to read from a policy manifest, but the manifest
initialization has not yet taken place. This is likely a bug in Node.js.
ERR_MANIFEST_UNKNOWN_ONERROR
#
A policy manifest was loaded, but had an unknown value for its "onerror"
behavior. See the documentation for policy manifests for more information.
ERR_MEMORY_ALLOCATION_FAILED
#
An attempt was made to allocate memory (usually in the C++ layer) but it
failed.
ERR_MESSAGE_TARGET_CONTEXT_UNAVAILABLE
#
Added in: v14.5.0, v12.19.0
A message posted to a MessagePort
could not be deserialized in the target
vm Context
. Not all Node.js objects can be successfully instantiated in
any context at this time, and attempting to transfer them using postMessage()
can fail on the receiving side in that case.
ERR_METHOD_NOT_IMPLEMENTED
#
A method is required but not implemented.
ERR_MISSING_ARGS
#
A required argument of a Node.js API was not passed. This is only used for
strict compliance with the API specification (which in some cases may accept
func(undefined)
but not func()
). In most native Node.js APIs,
func(undefined)
and func()
are treated identically, and the
ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE
error code may be used instead.
ERR_MISSING_OPTION
#
For APIs that accept options objects, some options might be mandatory. This code
is thrown if a required option is missing.
ERR_MISSING_PASSPHRASE
#
An attempt was made to read an encrypted key without specifying a passphrase.
ERR_MISSING_PLATFORM_FOR_WORKER
#
The V8 platform used by this instance of Node.js does not support creating
Workers. This is caused by lack of embedder support for Workers. In particular,
this error will not occur with standard builds of Node.js.
ERR_MISSING_TRANSFERABLE_IN_TRANSFER_LIST
#
Added in: v15.0.0
An object that needs to be explicitly listed in the transferList
argument
is in the object passed to a postMessage()
call, but is not provided
in the transferList
for that call. Usually, this is a MessagePort
.
In Node.js versions prior to v15.0.0, the error code being used here was
ERR_MISSING_MESSAGE_PORT_IN_TRANSFER_LIST
. However, the set of
transferable object types has been expanded to cover more types than
MessagePort
.
ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND
#
A module file could not be resolved by the ECMAScript modules loader while
attempting an import
operation or when loading the program entry point.
ERR_MULTIPLE_CALLBACK
#
A callback was called more than once.
A callback is almost always meant to only be called once as the query
can either be fulfilled or rejected but not both at the same time. The latter
would be possible by calling a callback more than once.
ERR_NAPI_CONS_FUNCTION
#
While using Node-API
, a constructor passed was not a function.
ERR_NAPI_INVALID_DATAVIEW_ARGS
#
While calling napi_create_dataview()
, a given offset
was outside the bounds
of the dataview or offset + length
was larger than a length of given buffer
.
ERR_NAPI_INVALID_TYPEDARRAY_ALIGNMENT
#
While calling napi_create_typedarray()
, the provided offset
was not a
multiple of the element size.
ERR_NAPI_INVALID_TYPEDARRAY_LENGTH
#
While calling napi_create_typedarray()
, (length * size_of_element) + byte_offset
was larger than the length of given buffer
.
ERR_NAPI_TSFN_CALL_JS
#
An error occurred while invoking the JavaScript portion of the thread-safe
function.
ERR_NAPI_TSFN_GET_UNDEFINED
#
An error occurred while attempting to retrieve the JavaScript undefined
value.
ERR_NAPI_TSFN_START_IDLE_LOOP
#
On the main thread, values are removed from the queue associated with the
thread-safe function in an idle loop. This error indicates that an error
has occurred when attempting to start the loop.
ERR_NAPI_TSFN_STOP_IDLE_LOOP
#
Once no more items are left in the queue, the idle loop must be suspended. This
error indicates that the idle loop has failed to stop.
ERR_NOT_BUILDING_SNAPSHOT
#
An attempt was made to use operations that can only be used when building
V8 startup snapshot even though Node.js isn't building one.
ERR_NO_CRYPTO
#
An attempt was made to use crypto features while Node.js was not compiled with
OpenSSL crypto support.
ERR_NO_ICU
#
An attempt was made to use features that require ICU, but Node.js was not
compiled with ICU support.
ERR_NON_CONTEXT_AWARE_DISABLED
#
A non-context-aware native addon was loaded in a process that disallows them.
ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE
#
A given value is out of the accepted range.
ERR_PACKAGE_IMPORT_NOT_DEFINED
#
The package.json
"imports"
field does not define the given internal
package specifier mapping.
ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED
#
The package.json
"exports"
field does not export the requested subpath.
Because exports are encapsulated, private internal modules that are not exported
cannot be imported through the package resolution, unless using an absolute URL.
ERR_PARSE_ARGS_INVALID_OPTION_VALUE
#
Added in: v16.17.0
When strict
set to true
, thrown by util.parseArgs()
if a <boolean>
value is provided for an option of type <string>, or if a <string>
value is provided for an option of type <boolean>.
ERR_PARSE_ARGS_UNEXPECTED_POSITIONAL
#
Added in: v16.17.0
Thrown by util.parseArgs()
, when a positional argument is provided and
allowPositionals
is set to false
.
ERR_PARSE_ARGS_UNKNOWN_OPTION
#
Added in: v16.17.0
When strict
set to true
, thrown by util.parseArgs()
if an argument
is not configured in options
.
ERR_PERFORMANCE_INVALID_TIMESTAMP
#
An invalid timestamp value was provided for a performance mark or measure.
ERR_PERFORMANCE_MEASURE_INVALID_OPTIONS
#
Invalid options were provided for a performance measure.
ERR_PROTO_ACCESS
#
Accessing Object.prototype.__proto__
has been forbidden using
--disable-proto=throw
. Object.getPrototypeOf
and
Object.setPrototypeOf
should be used to get and set the prototype of an
object.
ERR_REQUIRE_ESM
#
An attempt was made to require()
an ES Module.
ERR_SCRIPT_EXECUTION_INTERRUPTED
#
Script execution was interrupted by SIGINT
(For
example, Ctrl+C was pressed.)
ERR_SCRIPT_EXECUTION_TIMEOUT
#
Script execution timed out, possibly due to bugs in the script being executed.
ERR_SERVER_ALREADY_LISTEN
#
The server.listen()
method was called while a net.Server
was already
listening. This applies to all instances of net.Server
, including HTTP, HTTPS,
and HTTP/2 Server
instances.
ERR_SERVER_NOT_RUNNING
#
The server.close()
method was called when a net.Server
was not
running. This applies to all instances of net.Server
, including HTTP, HTTPS,
and HTTP/2 Server
instances.
ERR_SOCKET_ALREADY_BOUND
#
An attempt was made to bind a socket that has already been bound.
ERR_SOCKET_BAD_BUFFER_SIZE
#
An invalid (negative) size was passed for either the recvBufferSize
or
sendBufferSize
options in dgram.createSocket()
.
ERR_SOCKET_BAD_PORT
#
An API function expecting a port >= 0 and < 65536 received an invalid value.
ERR_SOCKET_BAD_TYPE
#
An API function expecting a socket type (udp4
or udp6
) received an invalid
value.
ERR_SOCKET_BUFFER_SIZE
#
While using dgram.createSocket()
, the size of the receive or send Buffer
could not be determined.
ERR_SOCKET_CLOSED
#
An attempt was made to operate on an already closed socket.
ERR_SOCKET_DGRAM_IS_CONNECTED
#
A dgram.connect()
call was made on an already connected socket.
ERR_SOCKET_DGRAM_NOT_CONNECTED
#
A dgram.disconnect()
or dgram.remoteAddress()
call was made on a
disconnected socket.
ERR_SOCKET_DGRAM_NOT_RUNNING
#
A call was made and the UDP subsystem was not running.
ERR_SRI_PARSE
#
A string was provided for a Subresource Integrity check, but was unable to be
parsed. Check the format of integrity attributes by looking at the
Subresource Integrity specification.
ERR_STREAM_ALREADY_FINISHED
#
A stream method was called that cannot complete because the stream was
finished.
ERR_STREAM_CANNOT_PIPE
#
An attempt was made to call stream.pipe()
on a Writable
stream.
ERR_STREAM_DESTROYED
#
A stream method was called that cannot complete because the stream was
destroyed using stream.destroy()
.
ERR_STREAM_NULL_VALUES
#
An attempt was made to call stream.write()
with a null
chunk.
ERR_STREAM_PREMATURE_CLOSE
#
An error returned by stream.finished()
and stream.pipeline()
, when a stream
or a pipeline ends non gracefully with no explicit error.
ERR_STREAM_PUSH_AFTER_EOF
#
An attempt was made to call stream.push()
after a null
(EOF) had been
pushed to the stream.
ERR_STREAM_UNSHIFT_AFTER_END_EVENT
#
An attempt was made to call stream.unshift()
after the 'end'
event was
emitted.
ERR_STREAM_WRAP
#
Prevents an abort if a string decoder was set on the Socket or if the decoder
is in objectMode
.
const Socket = require('node:net').Socket;
const instance = new Socket();
instance.setEncoding('utf8');
ERR_STREAM_WRITE_AFTER_END
#
An attempt was made to call stream.write()
after stream.end()
has been
called.
ERR_STRING_TOO_LONG
#
An attempt has been made to create a string longer than the maximum allowed
length.
ERR_SYNTHETIC
#
An artificial error object used to capture the call stack for diagnostic
reports.
ERR_SYSTEM_ERROR
#
An unspecified or non-specific system error has occurred within the Node.js
process. The error object will have an err.info
object property with
additional details.
ERR_TEST_FAILURE
#
This error represents a failed test. Additional information about the failure
is available via the cause
property. The failureType
property specifies
what the test was doing when the failure occurred.
ERR_TLS_CERT_ALTNAME_FORMAT
#
This error is thrown by checkServerIdentity
if a user-supplied
subjectaltname
property violates encoding rules. Certificate objects produced
by Node.js itself always comply with encoding rules and will never cause
this error.
ERR_TLS_CERT_ALTNAME_INVALID
#
While using TLS, the host name/IP of the peer did not match any of the
subjectAltNames
in its certificate.
ERR_TLS_DH_PARAM_SIZE
#
While using TLS, the parameter offered for the Diffie-Hellman (DH
)
key-agreement protocol is too small. By default, the key length must be greater
than or equal to 1024 bits to avoid vulnerabilities, even though it is strongly
recommended to use 2048 bits or larger for stronger security.
ERR_TLS_HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT
#
A TLS/SSL handshake timed out. In this case, the server must also abort the
connection.
ERR_TLS_INVALID_CONTEXT
#
Added in: v13.3.0
The context must be a SecureContext
.
ERR_TLS_INVALID_PROTOCOL_METHOD
#
The specified secureProtocol
method is invalid. It is either unknown, or
disabled because it is insecure.
ERR_TLS_INVALID_PROTOCOL_VERSION
#
Valid TLS protocol versions are 'TLSv1'
, 'TLSv1.1'
, or 'TLSv1.2'
.
ERR_TLS_INVALID_STATE
#
Added in: v13.10.0, v12.17.0
The TLS socket must be connected and securely established. Ensure the 'secure'
event is emitted before continuing.
ERR_TLS_PROTOCOL_VERSION_CONFLICT
#
Attempting to set a TLS protocol minVersion
or maxVersion
conflicts with an
attempt to set the secureProtocol
explicitly. Use one mechanism or the other.
ERR_TLS_PSK_SET_IDENTIY_HINT_FAILED
#
Failed to set PSK identity hint. Hint may be too long.
ERR_TLS_RENEGOTIATION_DISABLED
#
An attempt was made to renegotiate TLS on a socket instance with TLS disabled.
ERR_TLS_REQUIRED_SERVER_NAME
#
While using TLS, the server.addContext()
method was called without providing
a host name in the first parameter.
ERR_TLS_SESSION_ATTACK
#
An excessive amount of TLS renegotiations is detected, which is a potential
vector for denial-of-service attacks.
ERR_TLS_SNI_FROM_SERVER
#
An attempt was made to issue Server Name Indication from a TLS server-side
socket, which is only valid from a client.
ERR_TRACE_EVENTS_CATEGORY_REQUIRED
#
The trace_events.createTracing()
method requires at least one trace event
category.
ERR_TRACE_EVENTS_UNAVAILABLE
#
The node:trace_events
module could not be loaded because Node.js was compiled
with the --without-v8-platform
flag.
ERR_TRANSFORM_ALREADY_TRANSFORMING
#
A Transform
stream finished while it was still transforming.
ERR_TRANSFORM_WITH_LENGTH_0
#
A Transform
stream finished with data still in the write buffer.
ERR_TTY_INIT_FAILED
#
The initialization of a TTY failed due to a system error.
ERR_UNAVAILABLE_DURING_EXIT
#
Function was called within a process.on('exit')
handler that shouldn't be
called within process.on('exit')
handler.
ERR_UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTION_CAPTURE_ALREADY_SET
#
process.setUncaughtExceptionCaptureCallback()
was called twice,
without first resetting the callback to null
.
This error is designed to prevent accidentally overwriting a callback registered
from another module.
ERR_UNESCAPED_CHARACTERS
#
A string that contained unescaped characters was received.
ERR_UNHANDLED_ERROR
#
An unhandled error occurred (for instance, when an 'error'
event is emitted
by an EventEmitter
but an 'error'
handler is not registered).
ERR_UNKNOWN_BUILTIN_MODULE
#
Used to identify a specific kind of internal Node.js error that should not
typically be triggered by user code. Instances of this error point to an
internal bug within the Node.js binary itself.
ERR_UNKNOWN_CREDENTIAL
#
A Unix group or user identifier that does not exist was passed.
ERR_UNKNOWN_ENCODING
#
An invalid or unknown encoding option was passed to an API.
ERR_UNKNOWN_FILE_EXTENSION
#
An attempt was made to load a module with an unknown or unsupported file
extension.
ERR_UNKNOWN_MODULE_FORMAT
#
An attempt was made to load a module with an unknown or unsupported format.
ERR_UNKNOWN_SIGNAL
#
An invalid or unknown process signal was passed to an API expecting a valid
signal (such as subprocess.kill()
).
ERR_UNSUPPORTED_DIR_IMPORT
#
import
a directory URL is unsupported. Instead,
self-reference a package using its name and define a custom subpath in
the "exports"
field of the package.json
file.
import './';
import './index.js';
import 'package-name';
ERR_UNSUPPORTED_ESM_URL_SCHEME
#
import
with URL schemes other than file
and data
is unsupported.
ERR_VALID_PERFORMANCE_ENTRY_TYPE
#
While using the Performance Timing API (perf_hooks
), no valid performance
entry types are found.
ERR_VM_DYNAMIC_IMPORT_CALLBACK_MISSING
#
A dynamic import callback was not specified.
ERR_VM_MODULE_ALREADY_LINKED
#
The module attempted to be linked is not eligible for linking, because of one of
the following reasons:
- It has already been linked (
linkingStatus
is 'linked'
)
- It is being linked (
linkingStatus
is 'linking'
)
- Linking has failed for this module (
linkingStatus
is 'errored'
)
ERR_VM_MODULE_CACHED_DATA_REJECTED
#
The cachedData
option passed to a module constructor is invalid.
ERR_VM_MODULE_CANNOT_CREATE_CACHED_DATA
#
Cached data cannot be created for modules which have already been evaluated.
ERR_VM_MODULE_DIFFERENT_CONTEXT
#
The module being returned from the linker function is from a different context
than the parent module. Linked modules must share the same context.
ERR_VM_MODULE_LINK_FAILURE
#
The module was unable to be linked due to a failure.
ERR_VM_MODULE_NOT_MODULE
#
The fulfilled value of a linking promise is not a vm.Module
object.
ERR_VM_MODULE_STATUS
#
The current module's status does not allow for this operation. The specific
meaning of the error depends on the specific function.
ERR_WASI_ALREADY_STARTED
#
The WASI instance has already started.
ERR_WASI_NOT_STARTED
#
The WASI instance has not been started.
ERR_WORKER_INIT_FAILED
#
The Worker
initialization failed.
ERR_WORKER_INVALID_EXEC_ARGV
#
The execArgv
option passed to the Worker
constructor contains
invalid flags.
ERR_WORKER_NOT_RUNNING
#
An operation failed because the Worker
instance is not currently running.
ERR_WORKER_OUT_OF_MEMORY
#
The Worker
instance terminated because it reached its memory limit.
ERR_WORKER_PATH
#
The path for the main script of a worker is neither an absolute path
nor a relative path starting with ./
or ../
.
ERR_WORKER_UNSERIALIZABLE_ERROR
#
All attempts at serializing an uncaught exception from a worker thread failed.
ERR_WORKER_UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION
#
The requested functionality is not supported in worker threads.
ERR_ZLIB_INITIALIZATION_FAILED
#
Creation of a zlib
object failed due to incorrect configuration.
HPE_HEADER_OVERFLOW
Too much HTTP header data was received. In order to protect against malicious or
malconfigured clients, if more than 8 KiB of HTTP header data is received then
HTTP parsing will abort without a request or response object being created, and
an Error
with this code will be emitted.
HPE_UNEXPECTED_CONTENT_LENGTH
#
Server is sending both a Content-Length
header and Transfer-Encoding: chunked
.
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
allows the server to maintain an HTTP persistent
connection for dynamically generated content.
In this case, the Content-Length
HTTP header cannot be used.
Use Content-Length
or Transfer-Encoding: chunked
.
MODULE_NOT_FOUND
#
A module file could not be resolved by the CommonJS modules loader while
attempting a require()
operation or when loading the program entry point.