# USe of Exceptional Handler

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/use-of-exceptional-handler/11937>\
**Category:** Chef Infra (archive)\
**Created:** [November 14, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/use-of-exceptional-handler/11937 "2017-11-14T14:00:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![priyanshu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9adbd/32.png) [@priyanshu](https://discourse.chef.io/u/priyanshu)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/use-of-exceptional-handler/11937/1 "2017-11-14T14:00:53Z")

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I have used Exception Handler in my recipe and it is creating a failed-run-data.json in /var/chef/cache.

But the issue is i have say for instance 10 recipes in a cookbook, so shall i code handler resource in each recipe or how to do that