fix(workspace-server): surface secret-safe error_detail on ACTIVITY_LOGGED (internal#212) #1549

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Summary

• include error_detail on the ACTIVITY_LOGGED WebSocket broadcast so the canvas chat-tab error banner can show why (provider status + error code + human message) instead of the hardcoded opaque "Agent error (Exception) — see workspace logs for details." string
• defense-in-depth sanitizeErrorDetailForBroadcast redacts bearer tokens / sk- API keys / JWT-shaped strings at the broadcast trust boundary while preserving the actionable parts (HTTP status, error code, human-readable provider message) — over-redacting would defeat the whole point of internal#212
• omitted from the payload when nil so the canvas's "has actionable reason" guard doesn't false-positive on empty-string keys

Test plan

• go test ./internal/handlers/... — TestLogActivity_Broadcast_IncludesErrorDetail, TestLogActivity_Broadcast_OmitsErrorDetailWhenNil, TestSanitizeErrorDetail_StripsSecretShapes/{4 sub-cases}, TestLogActivity_Broadcast_ErrorDetailIsSanitized pass
• full handlers suite green (15.7s)

Reason field shape

On the wire, the ACTIVITY_LOGGED event payload now carries:

{
  "activity_type": "a2a_receive",
  "status": "error",
  "error_detail": "Anthropic 403 oauth_org_not_allowed: Your organization has disabled Claude subscription access for Claude Code",
  ...
}

Key is omitted when nil/empty so the canvas can gracefully degrade against an older ws-server.

Refs: internal#212, feedback_surface_actionable_failure_reason_to_user

## Summary - include `error_detail` on the `ACTIVITY_LOGGED` WebSocket broadcast so the canvas chat-tab error banner can show *why* (provider status + error code + human message) instead of the hardcoded opaque "Agent error (Exception) — see workspace logs for details." string - defense-in-depth `sanitizeErrorDetailForBroadcast` redacts bearer tokens / `sk-` API keys / JWT-shaped strings at the broadcast trust boundary while preserving the actionable parts (HTTP status, error code, human-readable provider message) — over-redacting would defeat the whole point of internal#212 - omitted from the payload when nil so the canvas's "has actionable reason" guard doesn't false-positive on empty-string keys ## Test plan - [x] `go test ./internal/handlers/...` — `TestLogActivity_Broadcast_IncludesErrorDetail`, `TestLogActivity_Broadcast_OmitsErrorDetailWhenNil`, `TestSanitizeErrorDetail_StripsSecretShapes/{4 sub-cases}`, `TestLogActivity_Broadcast_ErrorDetailIsSanitized` pass - [x] full handlers suite green (15.7s) ## Reason field shape On the wire, the `ACTIVITY_LOGGED` event payload now carries: ```json { "activity_type": "a2a_receive", "status": "error", "error_detail": "Anthropic 403 oauth_org_not_allowed: Your organization has disabled Claude subscription access for Claude Code", ... } ``` Key is omitted when nil/empty so the canvas can gracefully degrade against an older ws-server. Refs: internal#212, feedback_surface_actionable_failure_reason_to_user

core-devops added 1 commit 2026-05-19 00:29:34 +00:00

fix(workspace-server): surface secret-safe error_detail on ACTIVITY_LOGGED broadcast (internal#212) ... 94eff31c20

When an a2a_receive row is persisted with status="error" the DB column
error_detail already carries the actionable cause (provider HTTP
status, error code, provider human message). The live ACTIVITY_LOGGED
broadcast dropped it, so the canvas chat-tab error banner fell back
to a hardcoded "Agent error (Exception) — see workspace logs for
details." string with no logs tab to navigate to.

Include error_detail in the broadcast payload, omitted when nil so the
canvas's "has actionable reason" guard doesn't false-positive on empty
keys. Defense-in-depth: a sanitizeErrorDetailForBroadcast scrubber
redacts anything that looks credential-shaped (bearer tokens, sk-
prefixed API keys, JWTs) while preserving the actionable parts
(status codes, error codes, human-readable provider messages) — over-
redacting would defeat the whole point of internal#212.

Tests pin: detail surfaces on the wire, omitted when nil, scrubber
removes secret shapes but keeps actionable text, scrubber survives
the broadcast round-trip.

Refs: internal#212

core-devops referenced this pull request 2026-05-19 00:39:37 +00:00

fix(canvas/chat): surface actionable error reason in chat banner + link to Activity tab (internal#212) #1550

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5-axis review: correctness OK (secret-safe scrubber preserves actionable text, JWT shape covered, length cap honored); readability strong (comments map each regex to a class); arch OK (re-scrub at broadcast layer is defense-in-depth on top of runtime _sanitize_for_external); security OK (sk-proj-/Bearer/JWT shapes covered, prefix preserved, body capped 4096); perf OK (regex compiled at package init, single replace per call). Tests pin the actionable-substring contract AND the redaction-must-happen contract. APPROVED.

5-axis review: correctness OK (secret-safe scrubber preserves actionable text, JWT shape covered, length cap honored); readability strong (comments map each regex to a class); arch OK (re-scrub at broadcast layer is defense-in-depth on top of runtime _sanitize_for_external); security OK (sk-proj-/Bearer/JWT shapes covered, prefix preserved, body capped 4096); perf OK (regex compiled at package init, single replace per call). Tests pin the actionable-substring contract AND the redaction-must-happen contract. APPROVED.

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Reviewed for QA discipline: tests pin both positive (actionable substrings survive) and negative (secret shapes redacted) assertions; nil-error_detail omission test matches request_body/response_body precedent. Real broadcast-layer assertion via recordingBroadcaster, no mocks. APPROVED.

Reviewed for QA discipline: tests pin both positive (actionable substrings survive) and negative (secret shapes redacted) assertions; nil-error_detail omission test matches request_body/response_body precedent. Real broadcast-layer assertion via recordingBroadcaster, no mocks. APPROVED.

hongming merged commit 83ad7e252b into main 2026-05-19 01:56:11 +00:00

hongming referenced this issue from a commit 2026-05-19 01:56:13 +00:00

Merge pull request 'fix(workspace-server): surface secret-safe error_detail on ACTIVITY_LOGGED (internal#212)' (#1549) from fix/wsserver-broadcast-error-detail into main

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