One of the most frequent Magento issues you will encounter while working with Magento sites is the "error processing your request" condition. This article will delve into what this Magento issue means, what causes it, and how to fix it.
This guide to meant to augment our other help articles for fixing Magento issues, including:
- Magento 2 help for frequently asked questions
- Troubleshooting Magento Admin Panel login issues
- Magento 2 — HTTP 500 "Internal Server Error" fix
Overview of Magento 2 error reporting
The "error processing your request" condition is not a specific issue, but rather it is a general notification of a category of errors in your system. This Magento issue usually occurs when you install a new Magento 2 theme or extension, update Magento 2 or Magento 2 extension, change the template code, set up configuration, or overload the server memory.
In Magento 1, we can see the entire error message from our browser. Here is the sample output from this kind of Magento issue:

Magento 2 error reporting differs from Magento 1. For security concerns, Magento 2 hides the whole error message. Instead, it only displays the "error processing your request" message and an error log record number. Here is the sample output from this kind of Magento issue:

There are many ways to check and fix this Magento issue.
Flush your Magento 2 cache
Clearing the Magento 2 cache will fix the issue usually. You can flush your Magento cache using the Magento Admin Panel or SSH.
For Magento 2 using the Magento Admin Panel:
1. Log into your Magento Dashboard.
2. From the System tab, click Cache Management.
3. Then, click the Flush Magento Cache option:

4. You will get a “The Magento cache storage has been flushed.” message once the system finished the task:
