Error Handling in Async Code

Async code fails differently than synchronous code: exceptions can escape the call site, failures can be delivered later, and “missing error handling” can turn into stuck pipelines rather than a stack trace.

This section focuses on a few dependable strategies: represent failures as data when it makes flows clearer, use exceptions deliberately at boundaries, and make sure errors are surfaced where you can log and alert.

You’ll also learn what to watch for in Clojure specifically, like errors inside future and go blocks, and how to keep them from disappearing.

In this section

• Challenges of Error Handling in Asynchronous Code
  Explore the complexities of error handling in asynchronous programming with Clojure, focusing on error propagation, exception management, and best practices for robust code.
• Effective Error Handling Strategies with core.async in Clojure
  Explore comprehensive strategies for error handling with core.async in Clojure, including try/catch blocks, sentinel values, and supervision strategies for robust asynchronous programming.
• Logging and Monitoring Errors in Asynchronous Clojure Applications
  Explore the importance of logging and monitoring errors in asynchronous Clojure applications, with examples of integrating logging frameworks and setting up alerts.