# Better error pages?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-error-pages/55973>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [18 בינואר,‏ 2017,‏ 4:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-error-pages/55973 "2017-01-18T16:23:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![eviltrout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eviltrout/32/5275_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)\
**Post date:** [18 בינואר,‏ 2017,‏ 4:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-error-pages/55973/1 "2017-01-18T16:23:06Z")

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I think it’s time for some more [complaint driven development](https://blog.codinghorror.com/complaint-driven-development/)!

**Complaint:** A disproportionate amount of posts here on meta are people whose discourse installs are broken.

**Tired old Solution** : We generally ask them to disable plugins and do a container rebuild. This tends to solve the problem 90%+ of the time.

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Can we do better? I think so!

**Proposal** : Better error pages! We can detect if the user is an admin, and if so offer them the same suggestions we do here on meta. Try disabling your plugins. Try rebuilding your container. This seems like a no brainer for me if there are certain kinds of javascript errors (for example, can’t find module).

I would take it even further and put the advice on _all_ error pages we display, but if you’re not an admin user, hide it behind a “Are you the administrator of this Discourse? Troubleshooting Tips” link.

Thoughts?

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