# Error

## What is the Error Step?

The Error Step allows you to terminate the workflow and display a custom error message and error code to users.

The error is composed of two parts:

1. **Error Code:** A custom identifier for the error, which can be used for tracking and debugging in the workflow API
2. **Error Message:** A custom message displayed in the AirOps UI, describing the error with instructions on how to resolve it.

### Example use case

Let's consider a scenario where we want to ensure that user input does not contain any sensitive content. We can configure the Error Step to throw the following error:

1. **Error Code:** `SENSITIVE_CONTENT_ERROR`
2. **Error Message:** `Your input contains sensitive information. Please remove any confidential data before proceeding.`

#### Error Step configuration:

<div data-full-width="false"><figure><img src="https://3762890407-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FX2n5yPRPynbnWuO4SH0M%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-bdb8cacb9f40a08ec0b7cf4601ae439d6bd8be63%2FScreenshot%202024-04-26%20at%2013.56.13.png?alt=media" alt="" width="563"><figcaption><p>Error Configuration</p></figcaption></figure></div>

**Error Step displayed to user:**

<figure><img src="https://3762890407-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FX2n5yPRPynbnWuO4SH0M%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-39309ca4a0c2116f34bacd477f71323af0e25b6f%2FScreenshot%202024-04-26%20at%2013.57.41.png?alt=media" alt="" width="473"><figcaption><p>Error Message</p></figcaption></figure>