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Give each class a deliberate response."}),Object(n.jsxs)("div",{className:"cards",children:[Object(n.jsxs)("div",{children:[Object(n.jsx)("h3",{children:"Expected"}),Object(n.jsx)("p",{children:"Return typed, actionable feedback beside the user's task."})]}),Object(n.jsxs)("div",{children:[Object(n.jsx)("h3",{children:"Recoverable"}),Object(n.jsx)("p",{children:"Preserve context and offer a safe retry or alternate path."})]}),Object(n.jsxs)("div",{children:[Object(n.jsx)("h3",{children:"Unexpected"}),Object(n.jsx)("p",{children:"Contain the fault, show a stable fallback, and emit diagnostics."})]})]}),Object(n.jsx)("p",{children:"A single generic \u201csomething went wrong\u201d path hides useful product decisions and makes production diagnosis harder."})]})},{id:"boundaries",nav:"Error boundaries",title:"Contain rendering failures near useful recovery points",content:Object(n.jsxs)(n.Fragment,{children:[Object(n.jsx)("p",{children:"Place boundaries around route segments or features that can fail independently. 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