Web/API/EventSource/error event

The error event of the EventSource API is fired when a connection with an event source fails to be opened.

Bubbles	No
Cancelable	No
Interface	Event or ErrorEvent
Event handler property	EventSource.onerror

Examples

var evtSource = new EventSource('sse.php');

// addEventListener version
evtSource.addEventListener('error', (e) => {
  console.log("An error occurred while attempting to connect.");
});

// onerror version
evtSource.onerror = (e) => {
  console.log("An error occurred while attempting to connect.");
};

Specifications

Specification	Status
HTML Living StandardThe definition of 'error event' in that specification.	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
error event	Chrome Full support 6	Edge Full support 79	Firefox Full support 6	IE No support No	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support 5	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support 18	Firefox Android Full support 45	Opera Android Full support 12	Safari iOS Full support 5	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0

Legend

Full support  

Full support

No support  

No support

See also

• Using server-sent events
• open
• message

EventSource: error event by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.