# How to catch ActivityError or ApplicationError from the result() of get\_workflow\_handle()?
**URL:** https://community.temporal.io/t/how-to-catch-activityerror-or-applicationerror-from-the-result-of-get-workflow-handle/9024
**Category:** Community Support
**Tags:** python-sdk
**Created:** [July 31, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/how-to-catch-activityerror-or-applicationerror-from-the-result-of-get-workflow-handle/9024 "2023-07-31T17:16:15Z")
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### Author:  [@netllama](https://community.temporal.io/u/netllama)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/how-to-catch-activityerror-or-applicationerror-from-the-result-of-get-workflow-handle/9024/1 "2023-07-31T17:16:15Z")
Occasionally, I have a workflow that does not complete successfully ( Failed status). I’m trying to capture the actual details around the failure (which is associated with an `ApplicationError` exception) from the `result()` method associated with `get_workflow_handle()`.
However, that method throws a `WorkflowFailureError` client exception similar to the following:
```auto
ApplicationError Traceback (most recent call last)
ApplicationError: MyCustomException: Failed to fix aspect: 30800000-4343-4653-3344-4d3134304b30:e_link_width : MyCustomException(StatusCode.NOT_FOUND, Did not find alert to update!)
The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
ActivityError Traceback (most recent call last)
ActivityError: Activity task failed
The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
WorkflowFailureError Traceback (most recent call last)
```
How can I get the `ApplicationError` exception? I can’t catch that exception from `result()`.
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### Author:  [@Chad\_Retz](https://community.temporal.io/u/Chad_Retz)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/how-to-catch-activityerror-or-applicationerror-from-the-result-of-get-workflow-handle/9024/2 "2023-07-31T17:24:16Z")
The pasted snippet shows that `WorkflowFailureError` has a cause of `ActivityError` which has a cause of `ApplicationError`. You may get the cause of `WorkflowFailureError` with the `cause` property (which is just a friendly name for the built-in ` __cause__ ` attribute). And then you can get that one’s cause too. If you don’t want it wrapped in an `ActivityError`, you can catch and re-raise in the workflow with an `ApplicationError` directly. Note this error also lets you provide arbitrary objects as details which can be retrieved client side.
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### Author:  [@netllama](https://community.temporal.io/u/netllama)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/how-to-catch-activityerror-or-applicationerror-from-the-result-of-get-workflow-handle/9024/3 "2023-07-31T18:05:17Z")
Ah, thanks, I see now. If I catch `WorkflowFailureError` as `err` then I can get the actual `ApplicationError` message via `err.cause.cause.message`