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titleFinding the detailed error message is important!

In DSpace 7, there are two main places where detailed error messages may be found. It is important to locate these detailed error messages in order to debug any issues you are seeing. (The generic error messages that appear in the User Interface do not provide enough information to debug the problem.)

  1. In your web browser's DevTools when running the User Interface - because the v7 User Interface is built with JavaScript (Angular.io), some errors are only visible in your browser (and therefore will never appear in log files). See "Finding the Error Message in the User Interface" below.
  2. In the backend's log files - Some errors (especially 500 responses/errors) will result in the error message being logged to your dspace.log or Tomcat logs. See "Finding error messages in the REST API logs" below.

Once you locate the detailed error, see the section on "Report the Error and Describe How You Encountered It" below.

1. Finding the Error Message in the User Interface (Try this first!)

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