Error Codes and Helper Functions

This section lists definitions of common ESP-IDF error codes and several helper functions related to error handling.

For general information about error codes in ESP-IDF, see Error Handling.

For the full list of error codes defined in ESP-IDF, see Error Code Reference.

API Reference

Functions

const char *esp_err_to_name(esp_err_t code)

Returns string for esp_err_t error codes.

This function finds the error code in a pre-generated lookup-table and returns its string representation.

The function is generated by the Python script tools/gen_esp_err_to_name.py which should be run each time an esp_err_t error is modified, created or removed from the IDF project.

Parameters

code – esp_err_t error code

Returns

string error message

const char *esp_err_to_name_r(esp_err_t code, char *buf, size_t buflen)

Returns string for esp_err_t and system error codes.

This function finds the error code in a pre-generated lookup-table of esp_err_t errors and returns its string representation. If the error code is not found then it is attempted to be found among system errors.

The function is generated by the Python script tools/gen_esp_err_to_name.py which should be run each time an esp_err_t error is modified, created or removed from the IDF project.

Parameters

  • code – esp_err_t error code

  • buf – [out] buffer where the error message should be written

  • buflen – Size of buffer buf. At most buflen bytes are written into the buf buffer (including the terminating null byte).

Returns

buf containing the string error message

Macros

ESP_OK

esp_err_t value indicating success (no error)

ESP_FAIL

Generic esp_err_t code indicating failure

ESP_ERR_NO_MEM

Out of memory

ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG

Invalid argument

ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE

Invalid state

ESP_ERR_INVALID_SIZE

Invalid size

ESP_ERR_NOT_FOUND

Requested resource not found

ESP_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED

Operation or feature not supported

ESP_ERR_TIMEOUT

Operation timed out

ESP_ERR_INVALID_RESPONSE

Received response was invalid

ESP_ERR_INVALID_CRC

CRC or checksum was invalid

ESP_ERR_INVALID_VERSION

Version was invalid

ESP_ERR_INVALID_MAC

MAC address was invalid

ESP_ERR_NOT_FINISHED

There are items remained to retrieve

ESP_ERR_WIFI_BASE

Starting number of WiFi error codes

ESP_ERR_MESH_BASE

Starting number of MESH error codes

ESP_ERR_FLASH_BASE

Starting number of flash error codes

ESP_ERR_HW_CRYPTO_BASE

Starting number of HW cryptography module error codes

ESP_ERR_MEMPROT_BASE

Starting number of Memory Protection API error codes

ESP_ERROR_CHECK(x)

Macro which can be used to check the error code, and terminate the program in case the code is not ESP_OK. Prints the error code, error location, and the failed statement to serial output.

Disabled if assertions are disabled.

ESP_ERROR_CHECK_WITHOUT_ABORT(x)

Macro which can be used to check the error code. Prints the error code, error location, and the failed statement to serial output. In comparison with ESP_ERROR_CHECK(), this prints the same error message but isn’t terminating the program.

Type Definitions

typedef int esp_err_t

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