UCE Docs / Configurable Error Pages

Signature

page_compiling=site/errors/compiling.uce
page_compiler_error=site/errors/compiler-error.uce
page_runtime_error=site/errors/runtime-error.uce

Parameters

page_compiling : UCE page rendered (status 503) while the requested page is being built
page_compiler_error : UCE page rendered (status 500) when the requested page fails to build
page_runtime_error : UCE page rendered (status 500) after a recovered fault or uncaught exception

Three optional keys in /etc/uce/settings.cfg route error conditions to developer-defined UCE pages. Each key names a .uce file, either absolute or relative to the server's working directory. When a key is unset, or the named file does not exist, or the error page itself fails, the runtime's built-in plain-text behavior stands.

All three pages receive the error context in context.call["error"]:

  • type — compiling, compiler_error, or runtime_error

  • source — the requested .uce file

  • compiler_error adds: compiler_output (raw clang output), generated_cpp, status, details

  • runtime_error adds: title, details, request_uri, signal, signal_name, trace, generated_cpp

A sensible status code is set before the page renders (503 for compiling, 500 for errors); the page may override it with set_status() and set its own headers.

page_compiling

Without this key, a request that hits an uncompiled or changed page blocks until the synchronous build finishes. With it, the runtime responds immediately with your page, hands the build to the proactive compiler, and the page can poll until the build lands:

The compiling page is only used while PROACTIVE_COMPILE_ENABLED is on (the default) — otherwise nothing would finish the build asynchronously, and the runtime waits for the on-request wasm compile.

pagecompilererror

Triggered when the entry page fails to build (components that fail mid-page keep the inline behavior, since the page is already half-rendered). context.call["error"]["compiler_output"] carries the full raw compiler output — show it on development hosts, hide it in production.

pageruntimeerror

Triggered after the worker recovers from a fatal signal or an uncaught exception. The worker has just recovered from a fault, so keep this page simple: static markup and the error fields, no database connections or heavy components.

Recursion safety

While an error page renders, error-page handling is disabled: a compiling, broken, or crashing error page falls back to the built-in behavior instead of looping.

Ready-made examples

site/errors/compiling.uce, site/errors/compiler-error.uce, and site/errors/runtime-error.uce in this repository are working examples — point the config keys at them or copy them into your site.