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Asked: 2026-05-26T21:56:21+00:00

Whenever an exception is thrown from my normal controller action methods elmah correctly redirects

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Whenever an exception is thrown from my normal controller action methods elmah correctly redirects the browser to the custom error page.

However, I have an Html.RenderAction call in my master page that can calls my HomeController.TopLevelNav method. The TopLevelNav method is a child action, and if it throws an exception elmah doesn’t redirect the user to the error page. Instead I see the ysod “runtime error” page.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I’m going to cite Scott Wilson from the ELMAH Google groups:

    — soccerdad wrote:

    My question is what’s the “best practice” means to accomplish what I
    described. Should I handle Application_Error in global.asax and do
    those things? Are other folks doing something different?

    The best practice would be to use Elmah as-is and to configure a
    custom error page in the web.config file. Elmah will catch errors
    and log them without any interference on the rest of the application.
    If you want a custom error page, that can easily be set up in the
    standard ASP.NET web.config CustomErrors section. Neither will affect
    the operation of the other. Regards, Scott

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