Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus, comprising:

• one or more processors, at least one of the one or more processors operating to:
• monitor an occurrence of an abnormality;
• identify, in a case where an abnormality is detected, a failed part that has caused the abnormality,
• a parent component including one or more child components;
• a notifier configured to notify failure information indicating a failed part that has caused an abnormality;
• and
• a storage configured to store display setting information indicating whether notification of failure information is performed in unit of a child component and in unit of a parent component;
• wherein the at least one of the one or more processors operates to:
• control, in a case where the display setting information is set so as to notify the failure information in unit of the parent component, when the failed part is a child component, the notifier to notify the failure information on the parent component including the failed part;
• and
• control, in a case where the display setting information is set so as to notify the failure information in unit of the child component, the notifier to notify the failure information on the failed part.