feat: centralize API error localization

Replace the err instanceof ApiError ? err.message : t(fallback) anti-
pattern -- which showed raw English backend text for the common case and
only used the localized fallback for the rare network-failure case -- at
all 13 call sites across 7 files.

New frontend/src/api/errorMessages.ts (describeApiError) resolves a
caught error to a localized {title, explanation, nextStep?, technical}
by checking the 32 known AppError codes first, then known HTTP statuses
(401/403/404/409/422/500), then a fully generic fallback. New
ApiErrorNotice (PageChrome.tsx) renders title/explanation/nextStep with
the raw text demoted to a "Technical details"/"Details techniques"
disclosure -- never shown as the primary message.

ApiError itself is split out of client.ts into a standalone
api/apiError.ts with no import.meta.env dependency, so errorMessages.ts
(and its tests) can be loaded outside a Vite/browser context.
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import { expect, test } from "@playwright/test";
import fs from "node:fs";
import path from "node:path";
import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
import { ApiError } from "../src/api/apiError";
import { describeApiError, KNOWN_CODES } from "../src/api/errorMessages";
// Pure Node-context checks for the central API-error-localization function (section 7 /
// 11 of the Fleet Ops final localization brief). No browser needed: describeApiError()
// only depends on a `t` function and a caught error, so it's tested here against the
// real locale JSON with a minimal i18next-shaped `t` stub -- proving the known-code and
// known-HTTP-status paths never leak raw backend English as the primary message, and
// that the raw text is always still available via `.technical` for "Technical details".
const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
const LOCALES_DIR = path.resolve(__dirname, "../src/i18n/locales");
const LANGUAGES = ["nl-BE", "en-GB", "fr-BE"] as const;
function loadNamespace(language: string, namespace: string): Record<string, unknown> {
const filePath = path.join(LOCALES_DIR, language, `${namespace}.json`);
return JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(filePath, "utf-8"));
}
// Mirrors the (namespace, options.defaultValue) contract react-i18next's `t` exposes,
// resolving "namespace:dotted.path" against the real locale files for the given language.
function makeT(language: string): (key: string, options?: Record<string, unknown>) => string {
return (key: string, options?: Record<string, unknown>) => {
const [ns, ...rest] = key.includes(":") ? key.split(":") : ["errors", key];
const dottedPath = key.includes(":") ? rest.join(":") : rest.join("");
const data = loadNamespace(language, ns);
const value = dottedPath.split(".").reduce<unknown>((acc, part) => {
if (acc && typeof acc === "object") return (acc as Record<string, unknown>)[part];
return undefined;
}, data);
if (typeof value === "string") return value;
if (options && "defaultValue" in options) return String(options.defaultValue);
return key;
};
}
const KNOWN_HTTP_STATUSES = ["401", "403", "404", "409", "422", "500"];
test("every known AppError code has a non-empty title+explanation in all 3 locales", () => {
for (const language of LANGUAGES) {
const codes = loadNamespace(language, "errors").codes as Record<string, { title?: string; explanation?: string }>;
for (const code of KNOWN_CODES) {
expect(codes[code], `${language}/errors.json is missing codes.${code}`).toBeTruthy();
expect(codes[code]?.title?.trim().length ?? 0, `${language}/errors.json:codes.${code}.title is empty`).toBeGreaterThan(0);
expect(
codes[code]?.explanation?.trim().length ?? 0,
`${language}/errors.json:codes.${code}.explanation is empty`,
).toBeGreaterThan(0);
}
}
});
test("every known HTTP status fallback has a non-empty title+explanation in all 3 locales", () => {
for (const language of LANGUAGES) {
const http = loadNamespace(language, "errors").http as Record<string, { title?: string; explanation?: string }>;
for (const status of KNOWN_HTTP_STATUSES) {
expect(http[status], `${language}/errors.json is missing http.${status}`).toBeTruthy();
expect(http[status]?.title?.trim().length ?? 0, `${language}/errors.json:http.${status}.title is empty`).toBeGreaterThan(0);
expect(
http[status]?.explanation?.trim().length ?? 0,
`${language}/errors.json:http.${status}.explanation is empty`,
).toBeGreaterThan(0);
}
}
});
test("a known AppError code resolves to its localized codes.* entry, never the raw backend message", () => {
for (const language of LANGUAGES) {
const t = makeT(language);
const raw = "IntegrityError: duplicate key value violates unique constraint";
const err = new ApiError(409, "VEHICLE_NOT_FOUND", raw, "corr-1");
const info = describeApiError(t, err);
const expected = loadNamespace(language, "errors").codes as Record<string, { title: string; explanation: string; nextStep?: string }>;
expect(info.title).toBe(expected.VEHICLE_NOT_FOUND.title);
expect(info.explanation).toBe(expected.VEHICLE_NOT_FOUND.explanation);
expect(info.title).not.toBe(raw);
expect(info.explanation).not.toBe(raw);
// The raw backend text must still be reachable, just demoted to `.technical`.
expect(info.technical).toBe(raw);
}
});
test("a code with nextStep populates it; a code without nextStep leaves it undefined", () => {
const t = makeT("nl-BE");
const withNextStep = describeApiError(t, new ApiError(422, "EMPTY_VALUE", "raw", "c1"));
expect(withNextStep.nextStep).toBeTruthy();
const withoutNextStep = describeApiError(t, new ApiError(404, "CUSTOMER_NOT_FOUND", "raw", "c2"));
expect(withoutNextStep.nextStep).toBeUndefined();
});
test("an unrecognized AppError code falls back to the matching known HTTP status, not raw text", () => {
for (const language of LANGUAGES) {
const t = makeT(language);
const raw = "Some brand-new backend code nobody localized yet";
const err = new ApiError(404, "SOME_FUTURE_CODE_NOT_YET_LOCALIZED", raw, "corr-2");
const info = describeApiError(t, err);
const expected404 = (loadNamespace(language, "errors").http as Record<string, { title: string; explanation: string }>)["404"];
expect(info.title).toBe(expected404.title);
expect(info.explanation).toBe(expected404.explanation);
expect(info.title).not.toBe(raw);
expect(info.technical).toBe(raw);
}
});
test("an unrecognized code and an unrecognized HTTP status fall back to the fully generic message", () => {
for (const language of LANGUAGES) {
const t = makeT(language);
const raw = "418 I'm a teapot (never mapped)";
const err = new ApiError(418, "418", raw, "corr-3");
const info = describeApiError(t, err);
const generic = loadNamespace(language, "errors").generic as { title: string; explanation: string };
expect(info.title).toBe(generic.title);
expect(info.explanation).toBe(generic.explanation);
expect(info.technical).toBe(raw);
}
});
test("a stringified HTTP status used as the AppError code (plain HTTPException path) resolves via the http map", () => {
// Mirrors app/main.py's plain-HTTPException handler, which sets code = str(status_code)
// (e.g. "401") rather than a semantic AppError code -- see backend/app/main.py.
const t = makeT("fr-BE");
const err = new ApiError(401, "401", "Not authenticated", "corr-4");
const info = describeApiError(t, err);
const expected401 = (loadNamespace("fr-BE", "errors").http as Record<string, { title: string }>)["401"];
expect(info.title).toBe(expected401.title);
expect(info.title).not.toBe("Not authenticated");
});
test("a non-ApiError (e.g. network failure before any response) uses the fallback key, never a raw JS error message as the primary text", () => {
const t = makeT("nl-BE");
const networkFailure = new TypeError("Failed to fetch");
// Real call sites (e.g. Automation.tsx) invoke t() with their own default namespace
// already scoped via useTranslation("integrations"); this stub's default namespace is
// "errors", so the fallback key is qualified explicitly here to match.
const info = describeApiError(t, networkFailure, "integrations:ledger.retryFailed");
const expectedFallback = loadNamespace("nl-BE", "integrations").ledger as Record<string, string>;
expect(info.explanation).toBe(expectedFallback.retryFailed);
expect(info.explanation).not.toBe("Failed to fetch");
expect(info.technical).toBe("Failed to fetch");
});
// --- Backend/frontend AppError code drift guard ---
// KNOWN_CODES is a hand-maintained mirror of every `raise AppError("CODE", ...)` in the
// backend (see app/core/errors.py::AppError and every raise site). If the backend adds a
// new code and nobody updates KNOWN_CODES, it silently falls back to the generic-but-
// still-localized HTTP/generic message rather than raw English -- not a broken build, but
// a missed opportunity for a more specific message. This test surfaces that drift instead
// of letting it go unnoticed indefinitely.
const BACKEND_APP_DIR = path.resolve(__dirname, "../../backend/app");
function collectPyFiles(dir: string): string[] {
const entries = fs.readdirSync(dir, { withFileTypes: true });
return entries.flatMap((entry) => {
const full = path.join(dir, entry.name);
if (entry.isDirectory()) return collectPyFiles(full);
return entry.name.endsWith(".py") ? [full] : [];
});
}
function collectBackendAppErrorCodes(): Set<string> {
const codes = new Set<string>();
for (const file of collectPyFiles(BACKEND_APP_DIR)) {
const source = fs.readFileSync(file, "utf-8");
const pattern = /AppError\(\s*"([A-Z_]+)"/g;
let match: RegExpExecArray | null;
while ((match = pattern.exec(source)) !== null) {
codes.add(match[1]);
}
}
return codes;
}
test("frontend KNOWN_CODES exactly matches every AppError code actually raised by the backend", () => {
const backendCodes = collectBackendAppErrorCodes();
const frontendCodes = KNOWN_CODES;
const missingFromFrontend = [...backendCodes].filter((c) => !frontendCodes.has(c)).sort();
const staleInFrontend = [...frontendCodes].filter((c) => !backendCodes.has(c)).sort();
expect(
missingFromFrontend,
`Backend raises AppError code(s) with no localized entry in errorMessages.ts KNOWN_CODES ` +
`(they'll fall back to a generic/HTTP-status message): ${missingFromFrontend.join(", ")}`,
).toEqual([]);
expect(
staleInFrontend,
`errorMessages.ts KNOWN_CODES lists code(s) the backend never raises -- likely renamed or ` +
`removed on the backend side: ${staleInFrontend.join(", ")}`,
).toEqual([]);
});
test("a non-ApiError with no fallbackKey uses the fully generic explanation", () => {
for (const language of LANGUAGES) {
const t = makeT(language);
const info = describeApiError(t, new TypeError("Failed to fetch"));
const generic = loadNamespace(language, "errors").generic as { title: string; explanation: string };
expect(info.title).toBe(generic.title);
expect(info.explanation).toBe(generic.explanation);
}
});