---
title: Failure URL node
description: Specifies the URL to redirect end users to when authentication fails in a journey.
component: platform
version: 7.5
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---

# Failure URL node

Sets the redirect URL when authentication fails.

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| - | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|   | Specifying a failure URL overrides any `gotoOnFail` query string parameters. |

Learn more about how AM determines the redirection URL, and configuring the Validation Service to trust redirection URLs, in [Configure success and failure redirection URLs](https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingam/7.5/am-authentication/redirection-url-precedence.html).

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| - | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
|   | The URL is also saved in the shared `nodeState` object on the `failureUrl` key.Find more information in [Customize authentication trees](https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingam/7.5/am-authentication/about-authentication-trees.html#customizing-auth-trees). |

## Availability

| Product                               | Available? |
| ------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| PingOne Advanced Identity Cloud       | Yes        |
| PingAM (self-managed)                 | Yes        |
| Ping Identity Platform (self-managed) | Yes        |

## Outcomes

Single outcome path.

## Properties

| Property                 | Usage                                                          |
| ------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Failure URL *(required)* | Specify the full URL to redirect to when authentication fails. |