AudioWorkletNode: processorerror event

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since April 2021.

Secure context: This feature is available only in secure contexts (HTTPS), in some or all supporting browsers.

The processorerror event fires when the underlying AudioWorkletProcessor behind the node throws an exception in its constructor, the process method, or any user-defined class method.

Once an exception is thrown, the processor (and thus the node) will output silence throughout its lifetime.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

js
addEventListener("processorerror", (event) => { })

onprocessorerror = (event) => { }

Event type

A generic Event.

Examples

To be informed when the processor throws an exception, you can add a handler to your AudioWorkletNode instance using addEventListener(), like this:

js
whiteNoiseNode.addEventListener("processorerror", (event) => {
  console.error("There was an error!");
});

Alternatively, you can use the onprocessorerror event handler property to establish a handler for the processorerror event:

js
whiteNoiseNode.onprocessorerror = (event) => {
  console.error("There was an error!");
};

Specifications

Specification
Web Audio API
# dom-audioworkletnode-onprocessorerror

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
processorerror event
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 66 (Release date: 2018-04-17)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 76 (Release date: 2020-05-05)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 53 (Release date: 2018-05-10)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 14.1 (Release date: 2021-04-26)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 66 (Release date: 2018-04-17)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 79 (Release date: 2020-07-28)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 47 (Release date: 2018-07-23)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 14.5 (Release date: 2021-04-26)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 9 (Release date: 2018-09-15)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 66 (Release date: 2018-04-17)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 14.5 (Release date: 2021-04-26)
footnote Full support

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Full support
Full support

See also