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Handling Global Errors in Next.js

The error.tsx file automatically catches errors in its segment and allows users to recover by re-rendering the component tree using the reset function.

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'use client';
export default function Error({
error,
reset,
}: {
error: Error & { digest?: string };
reset: () => void;
}) {
return (
<div>
<h2>Something went wrong!</h2>
<button onClick={() => reset()}>Try again</button>
</div>
);
}
nextjs
Breakdown
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'use client';
Error boundaries must be Client Components.
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reset: () => void
A function that attempts to re-render the segment to recover from the error.