ERR_CLEAR_ERROR(3ossl)

✨ ERR_CLEAR_ERROR ✨ (that's the 3ossl manual, bestie 💖)

okay so picture this: you've got a whole pile of OpenSSL errors just sitting there in your thread's error queue, being loud, being messy, giving chaos. and you just want them GONE. enter ERR_clear_error — the little void function that sweeps the whole thing clean. 🧹✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ERR_clear_error — clear the error queue 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <openssl/err.h>

void ERR_clear_error(void);

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like, ERR_clear_error() empties the current thread's error queue. that's it. that's the whole vibe. your thread's error queue? empty. poof. gone. iconic 🫶

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💜 RETURN VALUES 💜

ngl ERR_clear_error() has no return value. it's a void girlie, she doesn't give anything back, she just clears. no cap. 💀

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• ERR_get_error(3) — go read that one too, iykyk 📖

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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, go forth and clear those errors 💖 this was OpenSSL 3.5.9, dated 2026-09-29, and yes it's giving ERR_CLEAR_ERROR(3ossl) main character energy 🌈👑