# Next.js error handling: a practical guide

DevFeed: [Next.js error handling: a practical guide](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/next-js-error-handling-a-practical-guide-20052.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.honeybadger.io/blog/next-js-error-handling/>)

Author: Farhan Hasin Chowdhury

Published: 2026-06-18T07:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Honeybadger](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/honeybadger.md>)

Topics: [Next.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/next-js.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bug.md>), [React](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/react.md>)

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## AI overview

A practical guide to handling expected and unexpected errors in Next.js applications using the App Router. It covers return-value-based handling for expected errors, Server Actions, Server Components, 404 responses, error boundaries, and Honeybadger-based production error reporting.

## Source excerpt

Next.js gives developers a structured way to handle errors at every level of an application -- from form validation to root-level crashes. Learn how to manage expected errors with return values, catch uncaught exceptions with error boundaries, and set up automatic error reporting in production.