# A sudden error **URL:** \ **Category:** mediasoup libraries\ **Created:** [November 12, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/a-sudden-error/2024 "2020-11-12T15:34:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mustafa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@mustafa](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/u/mustafa)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/a-sudden-error/2024/1 "2020-11-12T15:34:13Z")
Hi I had this error “mediasoup worker died, exiting in 2 seconds” suddenly everything stopped. What may cause this error. ---
**Author:** ![ibc](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/mediasoup.discourse.group/ibc/32/1540_2.png) [@ibc](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/u/ibc)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/a-sudden-error/2024/2 "2020-11-12T16:02:41Z")
> **[mediasoup :: Support](https://mediasoup.org/support/#crashes-in-mediasoup-get-a-core-dump)** > > Cutting Edge WebRTC Video Conferencing ---
**Author:** ![mustafa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@mustafa](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/u/mustafa)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/a-sudden-error/2024/3 "2020-11-12T20:31:37Z")
can we handle this event because the whole application stopped. ---
**Author:** ![ibc](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/mediasoup.discourse.group/ibc/32/1540_2.png) [@ibc](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/u/ibc)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/a-sudden-error/2024/4 "2020-11-12T20:36:49Z")
No idea what you mean, sorry. I told you which steps to follow to report the issue. Please don’t ignore it as if I didn’t say anything. ---
**Author:** ![mustafa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@mustafa](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/u/mustafa)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 8:43am UTC](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/a-sudden-error/2024/5 "2020-11-13T08:43:14Z")
> [@ibc](#): > > No idea what you mean, sorry What I meant that this error stopped the whole node server application, which terminated all sessions and we had to start the application allover again. My question is there a way to handle an event for this error and prevent stopping the whole node application. ---
**Author:** ![ibc](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/mediasoup.discourse.group/ibc/32/1540_2.png) [@ibc](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/u/ibc)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 8:59am UTC](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/a-sudden-error/2024/6 "2020-11-13T08:59:42Z")
Have you read in the API documentation what that event means? Please answer yes or not. ---
**Author:** ![mustafa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@mustafa](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/u/mustafa)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 11:59am UTC](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/a-sudden-error/2024/7 "2020-11-13T11:59:13Z")
> [@ibc](#): > > Please answer yes or not yes, how to prevent application termination from this error? ---
**Author:** ![ibc](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/mediasoup.discourse.group/ibc/32/1540_2.png) [@ibc](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/u/ibc)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 12:08pm UTC](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/a-sudden-error/2024/8 "2020-11-13T12:08:56Z")
ok, you just want to ignore this error and “keep things working”, right? Please tell me what the mediasoup documentation says about that error (just paste the text). ---
**Author:** ![mustafa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@mustafa](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/u/mustafa)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 12:54pm UTC](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/a-sudden-error/2024/9 "2020-11-13T12:54:44Z")
#### Crashes in mediasoup (get a core dump) If you get a crash in mediasoup server, this is, if you get an error log as follows: ```auto 2020-01-06T16:02:57.965Z mediasoup:ERROR:Worker worker process died unexpectedly [pid:22, code:null, signal:SIGABRT] ``` or if the [worker.on(“died”)](https://mediasoup.org/documentation/v3/mediasoup/api/#worker-on-died) event fires, this is a bug in mediasoup that should not happen. If so, please report the issue in [GitHub](https://github.com/versatica/mediasoup/issues) and also enable core dumps in your host. and this from api documentation #### worker.on(“died”, fn(error)) Emitted when the worker process unexpectedly dies. | Argument | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `error` | Error | Originating error. | This should never happens. If it happens, it’s a bug. Please report it following these [instructions](https://mediasoup.org/support/#crashes-in-mediasoup-get-a-core-dump). ```auto worker.on("died", (error) => { console.error("mediasoup worker died!: %o", error); }); ``` ---
**Author:** ![ibc](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/mediasoup.discourse.group/ibc/32/1540_2.png) [@ibc](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/u/ibc)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/a-sudden-error/2024/10 "2020-11-13T13:53:18Z")
Ok, so you know what to do next, right? ---
**Author:** ![mustafa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@mustafa](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/u/mustafa)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/a-sudden-error/2024/11 "2020-11-13T13:59:34Z")
If so, please report the issue in [GitHub](https://github.com/versatica/mediasoup/issues) and also enable core dumps in your host ---
**Author:** ![ibc](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/mediasoup.discourse.group/ibc/32/1540_2.png) [@ibc](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/u/ibc)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/a-sudden-error/2024/12 "2020-11-13T14:04:42Z")
Cool. Will you do it? ---
**Author:** ![mustafa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@mustafa](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/u/mustafa)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/a-sudden-error/2024/13 "2020-11-13T15:08:13Z")
I don’t have a dump. I have to wait till it happens another time. Hoping will not happen again. ---
**Author:** ![ibc](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/mediasoup.discourse.group/ibc/32/1540_2.png) [@ibc](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/u/ibc)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/a-sudden-error/2024/14 "2020-11-13T15:48:21Z")
It will happen again. Things do not auto-fix magically. So please be ready to get such a coredump. ---
**Author:** ![mustafa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@mustafa](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/u/mustafa)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 9:13am UTC](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/a-sudden-error/2024/15 "2020-11-15T09:13:19Z")
How to enable core dump on windows? ---
**Author:** ![ibc](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/mediasoup.discourse.group/ibc/32/1540_2.png) [@ibc](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/u/ibc)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 10:11am UTC](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/a-sudden-error/2024/16 "2020-11-15T10:11:48Z")
No idea.