fix(web): stop reporting client errors as server faults

Werkzeug's HTTPExceptions subclass Exception, so the catch-all handler
saw them too and turned every 405, 400, 413 and 415 into a 500
UNKNOWN_ERROR. A GET on a POST-only route answered "an error occurred;
see logs for details", which tells the caller nothing and blames the
wrong side -- found while probing a device whose POST-only config
endpoints did exactly that.

Hand HTTPExceptions back as themselves, with their own status and
description. A genuine server fault still reports as one, with the
detail this branch adds.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Udr6MfaFLUPhX5Fgo67Jf5
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@@ -150,6 +150,54 @@ class TestHandlersCarryDetail:
"handlers returning the generic message without %s: %r"
% ("both a traceback log and the detail", offenders))
def test_client_errors_keep_their_own_status(self):
"""A 405 must not be reported as a server-side UNKNOWN_ERROR.
Werkzeug's HTTPExceptions subclass Exception, so the catch-all saw them
too: a GET on a POST-only route came back 500 "an error occurred",
which tells the caller nothing and blames the wrong side. Found while
probing a device whose POST-only config endpoints answered every GET
with UNKNOWN_ERROR.
"""
from flask import Flask, jsonify
from werkzeug.exceptions import HTTPException
app = Flask(__name__)
@app.errorhandler(Exception)
def handle(error):
if isinstance(error, HTTPException):
return jsonify({
"status": "error",
"error_code": (error.name or "HTTP_ERROR").upper().replace(" ", "_"),
"message": error.description,
}), error.code or 500
return jsonify({
"status": "error",
"error_code": "UNKNOWN_ERROR",
"message": "An error occurred; see logs for details",
"details": describe_exception(error),
}), 500
@app.route("/only-post", methods=["POST"])
def only_post():
return jsonify({"ok": True})
@app.route("/boom")
def boom():
raise OSError(5, "Input/output error", "systemctl")
client = app.test_client()
resp = client.get("/only-post")
assert resp.status_code == 405, "a wrong method must stay a 405"
assert resp.get_json()["error_code"] == "METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED"
# A genuine server fault still reports as one, with its detail.
resp = client.get("/boom")
assert resp.status_code == 500
assert "Input/output error" in resp.get_json()["details"]
def test_global_handler_reports_the_underlying_error(self):
from flask import Flask, jsonify