# Katalon recorder freezes when hit with a broken url

**URL:** <https://forum.katalon.com/t/katalon-recorder-freezes-when-hit-with-a-broken-url/67168>\
**Category:** Web Testing\
**Tags:** katalon-recorder\
**Created:** [July 21, 2022, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/katalon-recorder-freezes-when-hit-with-a-broken-url/67168 "2022-07-21T13:42:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![dave.lee](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/dave.lee/32/20464_2.png) [@dave.lee](https://forum.katalon.com/u/dave.lee)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/katalon-recorder-freezes-when-hit-with-a-broken-url/67168/1 "2022-07-21T13:42:57Z")

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Hi,  
When katalon recorder is automated to open a broken url, it freezes in the next command.  
Anyone have any idea how to bypass it and throw a failed result?

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**Author:** ![chen.lee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@chen.lee](https://forum.katalon.com/u/chen.lee)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 3:15am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/katalon-recorder-freezes-when-hit-with-a-broken-url/67168/2 "2022-07-22T03:15:55Z")

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Hey Dave @dave.lee, currently, there is no Selenese command to validate whether the URL is broken in the recorder. You can either:

1. Import A Custom Test From Selenium IDE to Recorder

- Code a Find Broken Links in Selenium (Follow this [guide](https://www.browserstack.com/guide/how-to-find-broken-links-in-selenium))
- Import the test to Recorder (Follow this [doc](https://docs.katalon.com/docs/katalon-recorder/get-your-job-done/extend-katalon-recorder/import-tests-from-selenium-ide))

1. Switch to Katalon Studio

- There is a validate URL accessibility command (Check this [doc](https://docs.katalon.com/docs/katalon-studio-enterprise/keywords/web-ui-keywords/webui-verify-links-accessible))

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**Author:** ![dave.lee](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/dave.lee/32/20464_2.png) [@dave.lee](https://forum.katalon.com/u/dave.lee)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 3:42am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/katalon-recorder-freezes-when-hit-with-a-broken-url/67168/3 "2022-07-22T03:42:43Z")

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Many thanks.  
Let me try the suggestion that you provided.