TheGPUPipelineError interface of theWebGPU API describes a pipeline failure. This is the value received when aPromise returned by aGPUDevice.createComputePipelineAsync() orGPUDevice.createRenderPipelineAsync() call rejects.

Constructor

GPUPipelineError()

Creates a newGPUPipelineError object instance.

Instance properties

Inherits properties from its parent,DOMException.

reasonRead only

An enumerated value that defines the reason the pipeline creation failed in a machine-readable way.

Examples

In the following snippet we are attempting to create aGPUComputePipeline usingGPUDevice.createComputePipelineAsync(). However, we have misspelt our compute pipelineentryPoint as"maijn" (it should be"main"), therefore pipeline creation fails, and ourcatch block prints the resulting reason and error message to the console.

// …let computePipeline;try {  computePipeline = await device.createComputePipelineAsync({    layout: device.createPipelineLayout({      bindGroupLayouts: [bindGroupLayout],    }),    compute: {      module: shaderModule,      entryPoint: "maijn",    },  });} catch (error) {  // error is a GPUPipelineError object instance  console.error(error.reason);  console.error(`Pipeline creation failed: ${error.message}`);}// …

In this case, the givenreason is"Validation", and themessage is"Entry point "maijn" doesn't exist in the shader module [ShaderModule]."

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• TheWebGPU API
• WebGPU Error Handling best practices