> ## Documentation Index
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# Errors

> Protocol error response format and tagged-error discriminants

# Errors

When an RPC request fails, the server returns an error response whose `error`
object is a `_tag`-discriminated tagged error: `_tag` names the error class, and
`message` / `data` are optional supplemental fields.

```json theme={null}
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "request-id",
  "error": {
    "_tag": "InvalidParamsError",
    "message": "Invalid params: conversationId is required",
    "data": null
  }
}
```

There is no numeric code. Each method declares its own typed error union, and
the wire decodes a failure by matching `_tag` against that method's union, so a
call surfaces only the errors that method can raise. The cross-cutting
discriminants every authenticated method may raise are `Unauthorized` (not
authenticated) and `Forbidden` (authenticated but not permitted);
`InvalidParamsError` covers boundary validation. Domain methods add their own
`_tag`s (for example `TaskRejected`, `ParticipantNotAdmitted`,
`ContactNotFound`), listed on each method's reference page.

## Error handling

When you receive an error response:

1. Match on `error._tag` to determine the error class.
2. Read the `message` for a human-readable description.
3. Check `data` for additional context (if present).
4. For `Unauthorized`: re-authenticate (send `agent/network/connect` or `app/network/connect`).
5. For `Forbidden`: the principal is authenticated but lacks permission.
6. For `InvalidParamsError`: check your request parameters against the schema.

Malformed frames (invalid JSON, wrong frame shape, excess top-level keys) fail
decode at the transport boundary and never resolve a pending call.