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ChuckBuildsandClaude Opus 5 376f248b1e 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
2026-08-10 12:26:53 -04:00

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"""Tests for surfacing the underlying error in web responses.
Regression under test: every failing endpoint returned "An error occurred; see
logs for details" and nothing else. On a device whose storage was failing that
sentence came back from the restart action, from /system/status, and from
/logs -- the log viewer itself -- because journalctl could not be executed. The
exception underneath said `[Errno 5] Input/output error: 'systemctl'`, which
names the fault outright, and nine handlers were discarding it entirely rather
than even logging it.
"""
import pytest
from src.web_interface.error_handler import describe_exception
class TestDescribeException:
def test_names_the_type_and_message(self):
detail = describe_exception(OSError(5, "Input/output error", "systemctl"))
assert detail == "OSError: [Errno 5] Input/output error: 'systemctl'"
def test_the_reported_failure_is_legible(self):
# The whole point: this string is the diagnosis.
assert "Input/output error" in describe_exception(
OSError(5, "Input/output error", "systemctl"))
def test_a_bare_exception_still_names_its_type(self):
# A PermissionError with no message still says more than "unknown".
assert describe_exception(PermissionError()) == "PermissionError"
assert describe_exception(Exception()) == "Exception"
def test_message_is_kept_when_present(self):
assert describe_exception(ValueError("bad port")) == "ValueError: bad port"
class TestCredentialRedaction:
"""Exception text quotes URLs, and plugins authenticate by query string."""
@pytest.mark.parametrize("secret_text,leaked", [
("failed: https://api.x.com/v1?api_key=SEC123&city=Tampa", "SEC123"),
("token=abcdef123456 was rejected", "abcdef123456"),
("connect failed password=hunter2", "hunter2"),
("GET /?access_token=zzz999", "zzz999"),
('{"secret": "topsecret"}', "topsecret"),
# requests quotes the URL it failed on, and both of these forms turn
# up in real client exceptions.
("401 for https://user:hunter2@example.com/api", "hunter2"),
("headers: {'Authorization': 'Bearer eyJ.SECRET.sig'}", "eyJ.SECRET.sig"),
("Authorization: Basic dXNlcjpwYXNzd29yZA==", "dXNlcjpwYXNzd29yZA=="),
("Proxy-Authorization: Bearer ptok999", "ptok999"),
])
def test_credentials_never_reach_the_response(self, secret_text, leaked):
detail = describe_exception(RuntimeError(secret_text))
assert leaked not in detail
assert "<redacted>" in detail
def test_the_parameter_name_survives_redaction(self):
# Knowing *which* credential was involved is part of the diagnosis.
detail = describe_exception(RuntimeError("https://x/y?api_key=SEC123"))
assert "api_key" in detail
def test_auth_scheme_and_username_survive(self):
# Which kind of credential, and whose, without the credential itself.
assert "Bearer" in describe_exception(
RuntimeError("Authorization: Bearer eyJ.SECRET.sig"))
assert "user" in describe_exception(
RuntimeError("https://user:hunter2@example.com"))
def test_non_secret_context_is_preserved(self):
detail = describe_exception(RuntimeError("https://api.x.com/v1?city=Tampa"))
assert "city=Tampa" in detail
assert "<redacted>" not in detail
class TestBounds:
def test_long_messages_are_truncated(self):
detail = describe_exception(ValueError("x" * 5000))
assert len(detail) <= 400
def test_newlines_are_collapsed_to_one_line(self):
detail = describe_exception(ValueError("line one\nline two\tthree"))
assert "\n" not in detail and "\t" not in detail
assert detail == "ValueError: line one line two three"
def test_custom_length_is_honoured(self):
assert len(describe_exception(ValueError("y" * 500), max_length=50)) <= 50
class TestHandlersCarryDetail:
"""The response shape callers actually see."""
def test_no_api_v3_handler_discards_its_exception(self):
"""Every generic-message handler must log a traceback and return detail.
Nine of them bound `e` and never used it, so the promised log entry was
never written either. Checking merely that *something* was logged is
too weak -- a `logger.info("failed")` would satisfy it while throwing
the exception away just as completely, so this asserts the two things
that actually make the failure diagnosable: an error-level record with
the traceback, and the sanitized detail in the response.
"""
import ast
src = open("web_interface/blueprints/api_v3.py").read()
tree = ast.parse(src)
generic = "An error occurred; see logs for details"
def logs_a_traceback(handler):
"""An error/exception-level log call carrying exc_info."""
for call in [n for n in ast.walk(handler) if isinstance(n, ast.Call)]:
func = call.func
if not isinstance(func, ast.Attribute):
continue
if func.attr == "exception": # implies exc_info
return True
if func.attr not in ("error", "critical"):
continue
if any(kw.arg == "exc_info" and getattr(kw.value, "value", False) is True
for kw in call.keywords):
return True
return False
def returns_the_detail(handler):
"""describe_exception() called on this handler's bound exception."""
for call in [n for n in ast.walk(handler) if isinstance(n, ast.Call)]:
name = call.func.id if isinstance(call.func, ast.Name) else None
if name != "describe_exception":
continue
if handler.name is None:
return True # bare `except:` cannot name it; accept
if any(isinstance(a, ast.Name) and a.id == handler.name
for a in call.args):
return True
return False
offenders = []
for h in [n for n in ast.walk(tree) if isinstance(n, ast.ExceptHandler)]:
seg = ast.get_source_segment(src, h) or ""
if generic not in seg:
continue
missing = []
if not logs_a_traceback(h):
missing.append("error-level log with exc_info")
if not returns_the_detail(h):
missing.append("describe_exception(e) in the response")
if missing:
offenders.append((h.lineno, missing))
assert not offenders, (
"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
app = Flask(__name__)
@app.errorhandler(Exception)
def handle(error):
return jsonify({
"status": "error",
"error_code": "UNKNOWN_ERROR",
"message": "An error occurred; see logs for details",
"details": describe_exception(error),
}), 500
@app.route("/boom")
def boom():
raise OSError(5, "Input/output error", "systemctl")
client = app.test_client()
body = client.get("/boom").get_json()
assert body["error_code"] == "UNKNOWN_ERROR"
assert "Input/output error" in body["details"]