From aa1119e9fb8cd4c077f992dae88be7f309cd8d04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Jahns <kevin.jahns@pm.me>
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2021 15:37:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] catch errors thrown by event handlers

---
 sync.js | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sync.js b/sync.js
index 1d6dfe9..23f2518 100644
--- a/sync.js
+++ b/sync.js
@@ -79,7 +79,12 @@ export const readSyncStep1 = (decoder, encoder, doc) =>
  * @param {any} transactionOrigin
  */
 export const readSyncStep2 = (decoder, doc, transactionOrigin) => {
-  Y.applyUpdate(doc, decoding.readVarUint8Array(decoder), transactionOrigin)
+  try {
+    Y.applyUpdate(doc, decoding.readVarUint8Array(decoder), transactionOrigin)
+  } catch (error) {
+    // This catches errors that are thrown by event handlers
+    console.error('Caught error while handling a Yjs update', error)
+  }
 }
 
 /**