IExceptionHandler not being called when using UseDeveloperExceptionPage()

[jamezamm]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Describe the bug

Program.cs:

var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);

builder.Services.AddExceptionHandler<GlobalExceptionHandler>();

var app = builder.Build();

// Configure the HTTP request pipeline.
if (!app.Environment.IsDevelopment())
{
    app.UseExceptionHandler("/Error");
    app.UseHsts();
}
else
{
    app.UseDeveloperExceptionPage();
}

...

app.Run();

GlobalExceptionHandler.cs:

public class GlobalExceptionHandler : IExceptionHandler
{
    public async ValueTask<bool> TryHandleAsync(HttpContext httpContext, Exception exception, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
    {
        ...

        return false;
    }
}

As stated within the documentation , registered exception handlers are triggered when using either UseExceptionHandler() or UseDeveloperExceptionPage().

When in production (UseExceptionHander()) the GlobalExceptionHandler is triggered successfully, while in development (UseDeveloperExceptionPage()) the GlobalExceptionHandler is NOT triggered.

.NET Version

8

[yugabe]

In the default templates, the exception handler middleware is only added to the pipeline in non-development scenarios, for example:

    if (app.Environment.IsDevelopment())
    {
        app.UseWebAssemblyDebugging();
    }
    else
    {
        app.UseExceptionHandler("/error", createScopeForErrors: true);
        app.UseHsts();
    }

Additionally, in the Development environment, the DeveloperExceptionPage middleware is ambiently added to the pipeline. It will only handle unhandled Exceptions. So if you want to handle the exception yourself, you have to add app.UseExceptionHandler to the pipeline.

If you want to register it in Development environment as well, you can do so. Or you can use any of the alternative ways, like a custom (non-IExceptionHandler) middleware with try-catch.

[Kahbazi]

@jamezamm This is by design currently the 'IExceptionHandler' only works for the UseExceptionHandler() middleware and not the UseDeveloperExceptionPage().

Perhaps this would be a good feature to add.

[jamezamm]

@Kahbazi In my opinion this feature is a MUST as I cannot use Developer exception pages together with IExceptionHandler. Therefore my only option is not to use the developer exception pages middleware.

Additionally, this feature is heavily implied within the documentation. Specifically:

When the preceding code runs in the Development environment:

• The CustomExceptionHandler is called first to handle an exception.
• After logging the exception, the TryHandleException method returns false, so the developer exception page is shown.

[Kahbazi]

Additionally, this feature is heavily implied within the documentation.

This seems like a problem with docs.

Also you can use IDeveloperPageExceptionFilter for DeveloperPageException.

[KennethHoff]

This confused me a lot as well, and I resorted to simply remove the call to UseDeveloperExceptionPage.

Basically what I want is for the developer exception page to effectively be the last in the pipeline of exception handlers.

// Stuff before...
builder.Services.AddExceptionHandler<FirstCustomExceptionHandler>() // Handles some specific case
builder.Services.AddExceptionHandler<SecondCustomExceptionHandler>() // Handles another specific case

if (!builder.Environment.IsDevelopment())
{
	builder.Services.AddExceptionHandler<FallbackExceptionHandler>(); // Fallback handler for Prod
}

// Stuff in-between...

if (!app.Environment.IsDevelopment())
{
    app.UseExceptionHandler();
}
else
{
    app.UseDeveloperExceptionPage(); // Fallback handler for development
}

// Stuff after..

Maybe it could even be refactored into an exception handler á la this:

// Stuff before...

builder.Services.AddExceptionHandler<FirstCustomExceptionHandler>();
builder.Services.AddExceptionHandler<SecondCustomExceptionHandler>();

if (!builder.Environment.IsDevelopment())
{
	builder.Services.AddExceptionHandler<FallbackExceptionHandler>();
}
else
{
	builder.Services.AddExceptionHandler<DeveloperExceptionPageExceptionHandler>() // This is the built-in one.
}

// Stuff in-between...

app.UseExceptionHandler();

// Stuff after..