<function name="OnClientLuaError" parent="GM" type="hook"> <description> Called on the server when a Lua error occurs on a client and is sent to the server. This hook allows server-side code to detect and log client-side errors. See <page>GM:OnLuaError</page> for a hook that captures Lua errors directly within its [realm](States). <warning>Note that the stack argument can contain a table with 0 values. </warning> <warning>Warning: the hook protects against lua error spam.</warning>⤶ <note>Warning: the hook "protects" against lua error spam. If it has 5 errors in less than 1 second, the hook will not receive any of these 4 errors.</note>⤶ </description> <realm>Server</realm> <added>2025.05.16</added> <args> <arg name="error" type="string">The error that occurred. As well as the path and line of the error. Example : addons/test/lua/autorun/client/test_error.lua:4: 'then' expected near '<eof>' </arg> <arg name="ply" type="Player">The player whose client caused the error.</arg> <arg name="stack" type="table">The Lua error stack trace</arg> <arg name="name" type="string">Title of the addon that is creating the Lua errors, or "ERROR" if addon is not found.</arg> </args> </function> <example> <description>Example of a hook to retrieve clients errors</description> <code> hook.Add("OnClientLuaError", "Test", function(sError, pPlayer, tStack, sNameAddon) print("tStack:") PrintTable(tStack) print("The player " .. (IsValid(pPlayer) and pPlayer:Nick() or "unknown") .. " has encountered an error in addon '" .. sNameAddon .. "' : " .. sError) end) </code> <output> ``` -- The “error” function is used to generate tStack: [1]: ["File"] = [C] ["Function"] = error ["Line"] = -1 [2]: ["File"] = addons/test/lua/autorun/client/test_error.lua ["Function"] = ["Line"] = 3 The player Vitroze_Gaming has encountered an error in addon 'test' : addons/test/lua/autorun/client/test_error.lua:3: This is a test for the hook. Generated by the error function -- A syntax error is generated tStack: (No Value) The player Vitroze_Gaming has encountered an error in addon 'test' : addons/test/lua/autorun/client/test_error.lua:4: 'then' expected near '<eof>' ``` </output> </example>