> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.oidc-spa.dev/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.oidc-spa.dev/docs/v6/error-management.md).

# Error Management

What happens if the OIDC server is down, or if your OIDC server isn't properly configured?

By default, [if you don't have autoLogin enabled](#user-content-fn-1)[^1], when there is an error with the OIDC initialization your website will load with the user unauthenticated.  

This allows the user to at least access parts of the application that do not require authentication. When the user clicks on the login button (triggering the `login()` function), a browser alert is displayed, indicating that authentication is currently unavailable, and no further action is taken. 

You can customize this behavior. An `initializationError` object is present on the `oidc` object if an error occurred.

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Vanilla API" %}

```typescript
import { createOidc } from "oidc-spa";

const oidc = await createOidc(...);

if( !oidc.isUserLoggedIn ){
    // If the used is logged in we had no initialization error.
    return;
}

if( oidc.initializationError ){

    // This help you discriminate configuration errors
    // and error due to the server being temporarely down.
    console.log(oidc.initializationError.isAuthServerLikelyDown);
    
    const handleLoginClick = ()=> {
    
        if( oidc.initializationError ){
            alert(`Can't login now, try again later ${oidc.initializationError.message}`);
            return;
        }
        
        oidc.login(...);
    
    };
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="React API" %}

```tsx
import { useOidc } from "oidc";
import { useEffect } from "react";

function LoginButton() {

    const { isUserLoggedIn, login, logout, initializationError } = useOidc();

    useEffect(() => {
        if (initializationError) {
            // This help you discriminate configuration errors
            // and error due to the server being temporarely down.
            console.log(initializationError.isAuthServerLikelyDown);
        
            // This is a debug message that tells you what's wrong
            // with your configuration and how to fix it.  
            // (this is not something you want to display to the user)
            console.log(initializationError.message);
        }
    }, []);

    if (isUserLoggedIn) {
        return <button onClick={()=> logout({ redirectTo: "home" })}>Logout</button>;
    }

    return (
        <button onClick={() => {

            if (initializationError) {
                alert("Can't login now, try again later")
                return;
            }

            login({ ... });

        }}>
            Login
        </button>
    );

}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

[^1]: If you do have autoLogin enabled [checkout how to handle errors](/docs/v6/auto-login.md).


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