---
title: Capturing Handled Errors In Error Tracking
description: Learn how to capture handled errors in Error Tracking.
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  Docs > Error Tracking > Backend Error Tracking > Capturing Handled Errors In
  Error Tracking
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# Capturing Handled Errors In Error Tracking

## Overview{% #overview %}

Datadog SDKs can automatically report handled errors. The errors are attached through span events to the span in which they are handled. They are also directly reported to Error Tracking.

## Requirements{% #requirements %}

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{% dt %}
Supported languages
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{% dd %}
Python, Ruby
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{% /dl %}

- Your Datadog Agent must be configured for [Standalone Backend Error Tracking](https://docs.datadoghq.com/error_tracking/backend/getting_started.md) or [APM](https://docs.datadoghq.com/error_tracking/apm.md). You must be running Agent version `7.61.0` or higher.
- Your application must be instrumented with:
  - `dd-trace-py` version `3.8.0` or higher for Python
  - `dd-trace-rb` version `2.16.0` or higher for Ruby

{% alert level="info" %}
Handled errors contain the span attribute `error.handling:handled`. For more details, see [Facets](https://docs.datadoghq.com/error_tracking/explorer.md#facets).
{% /alert %}

Capturing handled errors is only available in APM Error Tracking or Standalone Backend Error Tracking. Error Tracking for Logs and RUM is not supported.

## Setup{% #setup %}

Set up your application to capture handled errors using one of the following official Datadog SDKs:



- [Python](https://docs.datadoghq.com/error_tracking/backend/capturing_handled_errors/python)
- [Ruby](https://docs.datadoghq.com/error_tracking/backend/capturing_handled_errors/ruby)



## Further reading{% #further-reading %}

- [Error Tracking Issue States and Workflows](https://docs.datadoghq.com/error_tracking/issue_states.md)
- [Learn about the Error Tracking Explorer](https://docs.datadoghq.com/error_tracking/explorer.md)
- [Enable infrastructure monitoring](https://docs.datadoghq.com/error_tracking/guides/enable_infra.md)
- [Enable APM](https://docs.datadoghq.com/error_tracking/guides/enable_apm.md)