ERR_CLEAR_ERROR(3ossl)

✨ ERR_CLEAR_ERROR ✨

okay so bestie, this is the ERR_clear_error page from the OpenSSL fam — it's a lil one, but it's lowkey iconic 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ERR_clear_error — clear the error queue. that's it. that's the whole job. and honestly? she ate. 💖

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <openssl/err.h>

void ERR_clear_error(void);

look at her. no args, no return, no drama. main character energy fr fr ✨

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so here's the tea 🍵 — ERR_clear_error() empties the current thread's error queue.

that's it. that's the whole description. current thread. error queue. emptied. periodt. 💀

like, every thread has its own lil error queue (not shared, iykyk — current thread's), and this function just… wipes it clean. swept. gone. no notes. 🧹✨

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💜 RETURN VALUES 💜

ERR_clear_error() has no return value. she gives nothing and she gives it flawlessly. no 0, no -1, no checking, no vibes to verify — just void and a dream 🫶

ngl, this is the one function where "it returns nothing" is not a red flag. it's literally the whole design. don't go looking for a return code that isn't there 😭

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• ERR_get_error(3) — the sibling who actually reads what's in the queue 👑

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright 2000-2017 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.

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okay that's the whole page, bestie — short, sweet, and she cleared the queue on the way out 💅✨

🌷 much love, from OpenSSL 3.5.0, dated 2026-09-25 — ERR_CLEAR_ERROR(3ossl), signing off 🎀🦋💖