# 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="/files/DPRlEhroyVndg3jsDSQy" alt="" width="563"><figcaption><p>Error Configuration</p></figcaption></figure></div>

**Error Step displayed to user:**

<figure><img src="/files/2LKdr5LzOduSlYf4jPU4" alt="" width="473"><figcaption><p>Error Message</p></figcaption></figure>


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