[API reference](https://evolu.dev/docs/api-reference) › [@evolu/common](https://evolu.dev/docs/api-reference/common) › [local‑first/Auth](https://evolu.dev/docs/api-reference/common/local-first/Auth) › DeviceSecretError

Defined in: [packages/common/src/local-first/Auth.ts:89](https://github.com/evoluhq/evolu/blob/aa223771feea747ffb1b0f5f3271574455633e37/packages/common/src/local-first/Auth.ts#L89)

Error for 32 zero bytes, instant start's public secret, which isn't a
[DeviceSecret](https://evolu.dev/docs/api-reference/common/local-first/Auth/variables/DeviceSecret). It leaves the value out, as a secret's error should.

## Extends

- [`TypeError`](https://evolu.dev/docs/api-reference/common/Type/interfaces/TypeError)\<`"DeviceSecret"`\>

## Properties

<a id="type"></a>

### type

```ts
readonly type: "DeviceSecret";
```

Defined in: [packages/common/src/Type.ts:1015](https://github.com/evoluhq/evolu/blob/aa223771feea747ffb1b0f5f3271574455633e37/packages/common/src/Type.ts#L1015)

#### Inherited from

[`TypeError`](https://evolu.dev/docs/api-reference/common/Type/interfaces/TypeError).[`type`](https://evolu.dev/docs/api-reference/common/Type/interfaces/TypeError#type)