---
title: ui_extension_errored
description: >-
  The `ui_extension_errored` event logs occurrences when an extension fails to
  render due to an uncaught exception in the extension code.
source_url:
  html: >-
    https://shopify.dev/docs/api/web-pixels-api/standard-events/ui_extension_errored
  md: >-
    https://shopify.dev/docs/api/web-pixels-api/standard-events/ui_extension_errored.md
api_name: web-pixels
---

# ui\_​extension\_​errored

The `ui_extension_errored` event logs occurrences when an extension fails to render due to an uncaught exception in the extension code.

**Note:**

This event is only available on checkout.

#### Properties

* **client​Id**

  **string**

  The client-side ID of the customer, provided by Shopify

* **context**

  **Context**

  A snapshot of various read-only properties of the browser at the time of event

* **data**

  **PixelEventsUiExtensionErroredData**

* **id**

  **string**

  The ID of the customer event

* **name**

  **string**

  The name of the customer event

* **seq**

  **number**

  The sequence index number of the event.

* **timestamp**

  **string**

  The timestamp of when the customer event occurred, in [ISO 8601](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601) format

* **type**

  **EventType.Standard**

### Context

A snapshot of various read-only properties of the browser at the time of event

* document

  Snapshot of a subset of properties of the \`document\` object in the top frame of the browser

  ```ts
  WebPixelsDocument
  ```

* navigator

  Snapshot of a subset of properties of the \`navigator\` object in the top frame of the browser

  ```ts
  WebPixelsNavigator
  ```

* window

  Snapshot of a subset of properties of the \`window\` object in the top frame of the browser

  ```ts
  WebPixelsWindow
  ```

### WebPixelsDocument

A snapshot of a subset of properties of the \`document\` object in the top frame of the browser

* characterSet

  Per \[MDN]\(https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document), returns the character set being used by the document

  ```ts
  string
  ```

* location

  Per \[MDN]\(https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document), returns the URI of the current document

  ```ts
  Location
  ```

* referrer

  Per \[MDN]\(https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document), returns the URI of the page that linked to this page

  ```ts
  string
  ```

* title

  Per \[MDN]\(https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document), returns the title of the current document

  ```ts
  string
  ```

### Location

A snapshot of a subset of properties of the \`location\` object in the top frame of the browser

* hash

  Per \[MDN]\(https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Location), a string containing a \`'#'\` followed by the fragment identifier of the URL

  ```ts
  string
  ```

* host

  Per \[MDN]\(https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Location), a string containing the host, that is the hostname, a \`':'\`, and the port of the URL

  ```ts
  string
  ```

* hostname

  Per \[MDN]\(https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Location), a string containing the domain of the URL

  ```ts
  string
  ```

* href

  Per \[MDN]\(https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Location), a string containing the entire URL

  ```ts
  string
  ```

* origin

  Per \[MDN]\(https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Location), a string containing the canonical form of the origin of the specific location

  ```ts
  string
  ```

* pathname

  Per \[MDN]\(https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Location), a string containing an initial \`'/'\` followed by the path of the URL, not including the query string or fragment

  ```ts
  string
  ```

* port

  Per \[MDN]\(https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Location), a string containing the port number of the URL

  ```ts
  string
  ```

* protocol

  Per \[MDN]\(https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Location), a string containing the protocol scheme of the URL, including the final \`':'\`

  ```ts
  string
  ```

* search

  Per \[MDN]\(https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Location), a string containing a \`'?'\` followed by the parameters or "querystring" of the URL

  ```ts
  string
  ```

### WebPixelsNavigator

A snapshot of a subset of properties of the \`navigator\` object in the top frame of the browser

* cookieEnabled

  Per \[MDN]\(https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator), returns \`false\` if setting a cookie will be ignored and true otherwise

  ```ts
  boolean
  ```

* language

  Per \[MDN]\(https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator), returns a string representing the preferred language of the user, usually the language of the browser UI. The \`null\` value is returned when this is unknown

  ```ts
  string
  ```

* languages

  Per \[MDN]\(https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator), returns an array of strings representing the languages known to the user, by order of preference

  ```ts
  ReadonlyArray<string>
  ```

* userAgent

  Per \[MDN]\(https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator), returns the user agent string for the current browser

  ```ts
  string
  ```

### WebPixelsWindow

A snapshot of a subset of properties of the \`window\` object in the top frame of the browser

* innerHeight

  Per \[MDN]\(https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window), gets the height of the content area of the browser window including, if rendered, the horizontal scrollbar

  ```ts
  number
  ```

* innerWidth

  Per \[MDN]\(https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window), gets the width of the content area of the browser window including, if rendered, the vertical scrollbar

  ```ts
  number
  ```

* location

  Per \[MDN]\(https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window), the location, or current URL, of the window object

  ```ts
  Location
  ```

* origin

  Per \[MDN]\(https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window), the global object's origin, serialized as a string

  ```ts
  string
  ```

* outerHeight

  Per \[MDN]\(https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window), gets the height of the outside of the browser window

  ```ts
  number
  ```

* outerWidth

  Per \[MDN]\(https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window), gets the width of the outside of the browser window

  ```ts
  number
  ```

* pageXOffset

  Per \[MDN]\(https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window), an alias for window\.scrollX

  ```ts
  number
  ```

* pageYOffset

  Per \[MDN]\(https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window), an alias for window\.scrollY

  ```ts
  number
  ```

* screen

  Per \[MDN]\(https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Screen), the interface representing a screen, usually the one on which the current window is being rendered

  ```ts
  Screen
  ```

* screenX

  Per \[MDN]\(https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window), the horizontal distance from the left border of the user's browser viewport to the left side of the screen

  ```ts
  number
  ```

* screenY

  Per \[MDN]\(https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window), the vertical distance from the top border of the user's browser viewport to the top side of the screen

  ```ts
  number
  ```

* scrollX

  Per \[MDN]\(https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window), the number of pixels that the document has already been scrolled horizontally

  ```ts
  number
  ```

* scrollY

  Per \[MDN]\(https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window), the number of pixels that the document has already been scrolled vertically

  ```ts
  number
  ```

### Screen

The interface representing a screen, usually the one on which the current window is being rendered

* height

  Per \[MDN]\(https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Screen/height), the height of the screen

  ```ts
  number
  ```

* width

  Per \[MDN]\(https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Screen/width), the width of the screen

  ```ts
  number
  ```

### PixelEventsUiExtensionErroredData

* error

  An object that contains data about a UI Extension error that occurred.

  ```ts
  UiExtensionError
  ```

### UiExtensionError

An object that contains data about a UI Extension error that occurred.

* apiVersion

  The API version used by the extension.

  ```ts
  string
  ```

* appId

  The unique identifier of the app that the extension belongs to.

  ```ts
  string
  ```

* appName

  The name of the app that the extension belongs to.

  ```ts
  string
  ```

* appVersion

  The version of the app that encountered the error.

  ```ts
  string
  ```

* extensionName

  The name of the extension that encountered the error.

  ```ts
  string
  ```

* extensionTarget

  The \[target]\(https://shopify.dev/docs/api/checkout-ui-extensions/latest/targets) of the extension, for example "purchase.checkout.delivery-address.render-after".

  ```ts
  string
  ```

* message

  The message associated with the error that occurred.

  ```ts
  string
  ```

* placementReference

  The \[placement reference]\(https://shopify.dev/docs/apps/build/checkout/test-checkout-ui-extensions#dynamic-targets) of the extension, only populated for dynamic targets.

  ```ts
  string | null
  ```

* trace

  The stack trace associated with the error that occurred.

  ```ts
  string
  ```

* type

  The type of error that occurred.

  ```ts
  UiExtensionErrorType
  ```

### UiExtensionErrorType

* ExtensionUsageError

  An error caused by incorrect usage of extension APIs or UI components.

  ```ts
  EXTENSION_USAGE_ERROR
  ```

### EventType

* AdvancedDom

  ```ts
  advanced-dom
  ```

* Custom

  ```ts
  custom
  ```

* Dom

  ```ts
  dom
  ```

* Meta

  ```ts
  meta
  ```

* Standard

  ```ts
  standard
  ```

### Examples

* #### Accessing Standard Events

  ##### App Pixel

  ```js
  import {register} from '@shopify/web-pixels-extension';

  register(({analytics}) => {
    analytics.subscribe('ui_extension_errored', (event) => {
      // Example for accessing event data
      const {apiVersion, appId, appName, appVersion, trace} = event.data.error;

      const payload = {
        event_name: event.name,
        event_data: {
          apiVersion,
          appId,
          appName,
          appVersion,
          trace,
        },
      };

      // Example for sending event data to third party servers
      fetch('https://example.com/pixel', {
        method: 'POST',
        body: JSON.stringify(payload),
        keepalive: true,
      });
    });
  });
  ```

  ##### Custom Pixel

  ```js
  analytics.subscribe('ui_extension_errored', (event) => {
    // Example for accessing event data
    const {apiVersion, appId, appName, appVersion, trace} = event.data.error;

    const payload = {
      event_name: event.name,
      event_data: {
        apiVersion,
        appId,
        appName,
        appVersion,
        trace,
      },
    };

    // Example for sending event to third party servers
    fetch('https://example.com/pixel', {
      method: 'POST',
      body: JSON.stringify(payload),
      keepalive: true,
    });
  });
  ```

***
