Web/API/BroadcastChannel/messageerror event

The messageerror event is fired on a BroadcastChannel object when a message arrives on the channel that can't be deserialized.

Bubbles	No
Cancelable	No
Interface	MessageEvent
Event handler property	onmessageerror

Examples

This code uses addEventListener to listen for messages and errors:

const channel = new BroadcastChannel('example-channel');

channel.addEventListener('message', (event) => {
  received.textContent = event.data;
});

channel.addEventListener('messageerror', (event) => {
  console.error(event);
});

The same, but using the onmessage and onmessageerror event handler properties:

const channel = new BroadcastChannel('example-channel');

channel.onmessage = (event) => {
  received.textContent = event.data;
};

channel.onmessageerror = (event) => {
  console.log(event);
};

Specifications

Specification	Status
HTML Living Standard	Living Standard

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
messageerror event	Chrome Full support 60	Edge Full support ≤79	Firefox Full support 57	IE No support No	Opera Full support 47	Safari No support No	WebView Android Full support 60	Chrome Android Full support 60	Firefox Android ?	Opera Android Full support 47	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android Full support 8.0

Legend

Full support  

Full support

No support  

No support

Compatibility unknown  

Compatibility unknown

See also

• Related events: message.

BroadcastChannel: messageerror event by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.