# Viewing Failures

#### Scenarios

The Failures area shows the tasks that failed to process due to an error, including the task name and status. Failures is displayed on the management console if a task failed. This section describes how to view failures.

#### Failure Types

Table 1 lists the types of failures that can be recorded in the Failures area.

Table 1 Failure types
Failure Type | Description
--- | ---
Creation failures | A task failed to process. For a failed task, the system rolls back and displays an error code, for example, Ecs.0013 Insufficient EIP quota. See How Do I Handle Error Messages Displayed on the Management Console? for troubleshooting.

Operation failures

- Modifying ECS specifications

  If an ECS specifications modification failed, this operation is recorded in Failures.

#### Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner and select your region and project.
3. Under Computing, click Elastic Cloud Server.
4. View Failures on the right side of common operations.
   Figure 1 Failures
5. Click the number displayed in the Failures area to view details about the tasks.
   - Creation Failures: show the tasks that are being created and those failed to create.
   - Operation Failures: show the tasks with errors, including the operations performed on the tasks and error codes. Such information can be used for rapid fault locating.

Parent topic: Viewing ECS Information