ERR_REMOVE_STATE(3ossl)

💅 ERR_REMOVE_STATE(3ossl) — bestie, this one's retired

okay so real talk: we're in the 3ossl manual, and this page is basically a little memorial plaque. Two functions live here, and both of them are DEPRECATED. Not "eh, maybe don't" deprecated. Like, fully, officially, put-them-in-the-museum deprecated. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

ERR_remove_thread_state, ERR_remove_state — DEPRECATED

no cap, that's the whole NAME section. the name is "deprecated". iconic of them honestly 💀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

The following function has been deprecated since OpenSSL 1.0.0, and can be hidden entirely by defining OPENSSL_API_COMPAT with a suitable version value, see openssl_user_macros(7):

void ERR_remove_state(unsigned long tid);

The following function has been deprecated since OpenSSL 1.1.0, and can be hidden entirely by defining OPENSSL_API_COMPAT with a suitable version value, see openssl_user_macros(7):

void ERR_remove_thread_state(void *tid);

so yeah, both of these are just vibing in the "please define OPENSSL_API_COMPAT if you don't want to see them" corner. 🎀

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

ERR_remove_state() frees the error queue associated with the specified thread, identified by tid.

ERR_remove_thread_state() does the same thing, except the identifier is an opaque pointer. same energy, different type, periodt. ✨

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💖 RETURN VALUES 💖

ERR_remove_state() and ERR_remove_thread_state() return no value.

that's it. they return nothing. void. empty. a whole lotta nothing. 😭

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• LOPENSSL_init_crypto(3)

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🌈 HISTORY 🌈

• ERR_remove_state() was deprecated in OpenSSL 1.0.0 and ERR_remove_thread_state() was deprecated in OpenSSL 1.1.0; these functions and should not be used.

🚨 bestie listen: should not be used. that's not me being dramatic, that's the manpage. do not use these. use the modern stuff. i'm begging. 🙈

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🎀 COPYRIGHT 🎀

Copyright 2000-2018 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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k that's the whole page, you made it, i'm so proud of you 🥹✨ this was OpenSSL 3.5.9, dated 2026-09-29, and it's the ERR_REMOVE_STATE(3ossl) girlies signing off 💜🦋 mwah, go delete some deprecated calls, ily 🫶