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The JavaScript exception "continue must be inside loop" occurs when a continue statement is not inside a loop statement.

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The error messages

SyntaxError: Illegal continue statement: no surrounding iteration statement (V8-based)
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SyntaxError: Illegal continue statement: 'label' does not denote an iteration statement (V8-based)
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SyntaxError: continue must be inside loop (Firefox)
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SyntaxError: 'continue' is only valid inside a loop statement. (Safari)
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SyntaxError: Cannot continue to the label 'label' as it is not targeting a loop. (Safari)
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Details

Category
SyntaxError
Severity
error
Runtime
both

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Source: MDN Web Docs. Data fetched 2026-09-25T01:48:37.273Z.