Error Boundary Creator

Error Boundary Creator

Add resilient error handling to React and Next.js apps: error boundaries, fallback UIs, async error handling, and error reporting.

Workflow

1. Identify error-prone areas: async operations, third-party integrations, and route-level entry points.
2. Wrap components in an error boundary. Use a class boundary or the react-error-boundary library. See references/class-boundaries.md.
3. For Next.js App Router, add the relevant error.tsx, global-error.tsx, and not-found.tsx segment files. See references/nextjs-error-handling.md.
4. Handle errors that boundaries miss (event handlers, promises) and wire up reporting. See references/async-and-reporting.md.
5. Design fallback UIs with role="alert" and a recovery action (reset or reload).
6. Route caught errors to a single reporting sink and test error states before shipping.

Contents

• references/class-boundaries.md — Basic, resettable, and react-error-boundary patterns.
• references/nextjs-error-handling.md — App Router error.tsx, global-error.tsx, not-found.tsx.
• references/async-and-reporting.md — useAsync hook and the reportError integration module.

Best Practices

1. Wrap at the route level for page-level isolation, and wrap third-party components separately.
2. Provide meaningful fallbacks with a recovery option.
3. Log every caught error to the monitoring service.
4. Do not catch errors the code cannot meaningfully handle.
5. Test error states in development.