feat: normalize failures through a stable registry

src/adapters/http/client.js

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import { systemClock } from "../../application/ports/clock-port.js";
 import { getApiOperation } from "../../contracts/api-operations.js";
+import {
+  createFailure as failure,
+  kindForStatus as statusKind,
+} from "../../contracts/errors.js";
 import { retryDelay, shouldRetry } from "./retry-policy.js";
 import {
   validateEnvelope,
@@ -36,16 +40,6 @@ const noAuthSession =
  * { ok: false, error: HttpFailure }} HttpResult
  */
 
-/**
- * @typedef {{
- *   code?: string,
- *   httpStatus?: number,
- *   requestId?: string,
- *   traceId?: string,
- *   retryAfterMs?: number
- * }} FailureDetails
- */
-
 /**
  * @param {{
  *   baseUrl: string,
@@ -378,52 +372,6 @@ async function recoverSession(authSession, operation, originalFailure) {
  * @param {FailureDetails} [details]
  * @returns {HttpFailure}
  */
-function failure(kind, operationId, attempt, details = {}) {
-  const retryable = new Set([
-    "NETWORK_UNREACHABLE",
-    "REQUEST_TIMEOUT",
-    "RATE_LIMITED",
-    "SERVER_FAILURE",
-  ]).has(kind);
-  const action =
-    kind === "AUTH_REQUIRED"
-      ? "reauth"
-      : retryable
-        ? "retry"
-        : kind === "REQUEST_ABORTED"
-          ? "none"
-          : "contact-support";
-
-  return Object.freeze({
-    kind,
-    code: details.code ?? kind,
-    retryable,
-    operationId,
-    attemptCount: attempt + 1,
-    ...(details.httpStatus === undefined ? {} : { httpStatus: details.httpStatus }),
-    ...(details.requestId ? { requestId: details.requestId } : {}),
-    ...(details.traceId ? { traceId: details.traceId } : {}),
-    ...(details.retryAfterMs === undefined
-      ? {}
-      : { retryAfterMs: details.retryAfterMs }),
-    userMessageKey: `error.${kind.toLowerCase()}`,
-    action,
-  });
-}
-
-/** @param {number} status */
-function statusKind(status) {
-  if (status === 401) return "AUTH_REQUIRED";
-  if (status === 403) return "FORBIDDEN";
-  if (status === 404) return "NOT_FOUND";
-  if (status === 409) return "CONFLICT";
-  if (status === 422) return "VALIDATION_REJECTED";
-  if (status === 429) return "RATE_LIMITED";
-  if (status >= 500) return "SERVER_FAILURE";
-  if (status >= 400) return "UNKNOWN_CLIENT_FAILURE";
-  return "ENVELOPE_MISMATCH";
-}
-
 /** @param {unknown} envelope */
 function safeBackendCode(envelope) {
   if (!envelope || typeof envelope !== "object") return "HTTP_FAILURE";

src/application/ports/resource-ports.js

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 /**
  * @template Value
  * @typedef {{ ok: true, value: Value, meta?: Record<string, unknown> } |
- *   { ok: false, error: unknown }} Result
+ *   { ok: false, error: import("../../contracts/errors.js").ApiFailure }} Result
  */
 
 export {};

src/contracts/errors.js

@@ -0,0 +1,240 @@
+const DROP_SENSITIVE = Object.freeze([
+  "cause",
+  "body",
+  "headers",
+  "authorization",
+  "url",
+  "query",
+  "stack",
+  "storageValue",
+]);
+
+/**
+ * @typedef {{
+ *   kind: string,
+ *   defaultRetryable: boolean,
+ *   severity: string,
+ *   userMessageKey: string,
+ *   action: string,
+ *   telemetryEvent: string,
+ *   redaction: readonly string[]
+ * }} ErrorDefinition
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @param {string} kind
+ * @param {boolean} defaultRetryable
+ * @param {string} severity
+ * @param {string} action
+ * @param {string} [telemetryEvent]
+ * @returns {Readonly<ErrorDefinition>}
+ */
+const row = (
+  kind,
+  defaultRetryable,
+  severity,
+  action,
+  telemetryEvent = "api.request.failed",
+) =>
+  Object.freeze({
+    kind,
+    defaultRetryable,
+    severity,
+    userMessageKey: `error.${kind.toLowerCase()}`,
+    action,
+    telemetryEvent,
+    redaction: DROP_SENSITIVE,
+  });
+
+export const ERROR_REGISTRY = Object.freeze({
+  NETWORK_UNREACHABLE: row("NETWORK_UNREACHABLE", true, "warning", "retry"),
+  REQUEST_TIMEOUT: row("REQUEST_TIMEOUT", true, "warning", "retry"),
+  REQUEST_ABORTED: row("REQUEST_ABORTED", false, "info", "none"),
+  CONTENT_TYPE_MISMATCH: row(
+    "CONTENT_TYPE_MISMATCH",
+    false,
+    "error",
+    "contact-support",
+  ),
+  MALFORMED_JSON: row("MALFORMED_JSON", false, "error", "contact-support"),
+  ENVELOPE_MISMATCH: row("ENVELOPE_MISMATCH", false, "error", "contact-support"),
+  SCHEMA_MISMATCH: row("SCHEMA_MISMATCH", false, "error", "contact-support"),
+  AUTH_REQUIRED: row("AUTH_REQUIRED", false, "info", "reauth"),
+  AUTH_INTEGRATION_FAILURE: row(
+    "AUTH_INTEGRATION_FAILURE",
+    false,
+    "error",
+    "contact-support",
+  ),
+  FORBIDDEN: row("FORBIDDEN", false, "warning", "navigate"),
+  NOT_FOUND: row("NOT_FOUND", false, "info", "navigate"),
+  CONFLICT: row("CONFLICT", false, "warning", "retry"),
+  VALIDATION_REJECTED: row("VALIDATION_REJECTED", false, "info", "none"),
+  UNKNOWN_CLIENT_FAILURE: row(
+    "UNKNOWN_CLIENT_FAILURE",
+    false,
+    "warning",
+    "contact-support",
+  ),
+  RATE_LIMITED: row("RATE_LIMITED", true, "warning", "retry"),
+  SERVER_FAILURE: row("SERVER_FAILURE", true, "error", "retry"),
+  CHUNK_LOAD_FAILURE: row(
+    "CHUNK_LOAD_FAILURE",
+    false,
+    "error",
+    "reload-once",
+    "release.mismatch.detected",
+  ),
+  BOOT_CONFIG_FAILURE: row(
+    "BOOT_CONFIG_FAILURE",
+    false,
+    "error",
+    "contact-support",
+    "app.boot.failed",
+  ),
+  RELEASE_MANIFEST_FAILURE: row(
+    "RELEASE_MANIFEST_FAILURE",
+    false,
+    "error",
+    "contact-support",
+    "app.boot.failed",
+  ),
+  DEPLOY_MISMATCH: row(
+    "DEPLOY_MISMATCH",
+    false,
+    "error",
+    "reload-once",
+    "release.mismatch.detected",
+  ),
+  STORAGE_UNAVAILABLE: row(
+    "STORAGE_UNAVAILABLE",
+    false,
+    "warning",
+    "none",
+    "storage.operation.failed",
+  ),
+  STORAGE_QUOTA_EXCEEDED: row(
+    "STORAGE_QUOTA_EXCEEDED",
+    false,
+    "warning",
+    "none",
+    "storage.operation.failed",
+  ),
+  RENDER_FAILURE: row(
+    "RENDER_FAILURE",
+    false,
+    "error",
+    "reload-once",
+    "ui.render.failed",
+  ),
+  TELEMETRY_FAILURE: row(
+    "TELEMETRY_FAILURE",
+    false,
+    "info",
+    "none",
+    "telemetry.delivery.dropped",
+  ),
+  QUERY_CACHE_FAILURE: row(
+    "QUERY_CACHE_FAILURE",
+    false,
+    "error",
+    "retry",
+    "query.cache.failed",
+  ),
+  UNKNOWN_FAILURE: row("UNKNOWN_FAILURE", false, "error", "contact-support"),
+});
+
+/**
+ * @typedef {{
+ *   kind: string,
+ *   code: string,
+ *   httpStatus?: number,
+ *   retryable: boolean,
+ *   operationId: string,
+ *   attemptCount: number,
+ *   requestId?: string,
+ *   traceId?: string,
+ *   retryAfterMs?: number,
+ *   userMessageKey: string,
+ *   action: string,
+ *   causeClass?: string
+ * }} ApiFailure
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @param {string} kind
+ * @param {string} operationId
+ * @param {number} attempt
+ * @param {{
+ *   code?: string,
+ *   httpStatus?: number,
+ *   requestId?: string,
+ *   traceId?: string,
+ *   retryAfterMs?: number,
+ *   causeClass?: string
+ * }} [details]
+ * @returns {ApiFailure}
+ */
+export function createFailure(kind, operationId, attempt, details = {}) {
+  const registry =
+    /** @type {Readonly<Record<string, Readonly<ErrorDefinition>>>} */ (
+      ERROR_REGISTRY
+    );
+  const definition =
+    registry[kind] ?? ERROR_REGISTRY.UNKNOWN_FAILURE;
+  return Object.freeze({
+    kind: definition.kind,
+    code: typeof details.code === "string" ? details.code : definition.kind,
+    retryable: definition.defaultRetryable,
+    operationId,
+    attemptCount: Math.max(1, attempt + 1),
+    ...(Number.isInteger(details.httpStatus)
+      ? { httpStatus: details.httpStatus }
+      : {}),
+    ...(typeof details.requestId === "string" ? { requestId: details.requestId } : {}),
+    ...(typeof details.traceId === "string" ? { traceId: details.traceId } : {}),
+    ...(typeof details.retryAfterMs === "number"
+      ? { retryAfterMs: details.retryAfterMs }
+      : {}),
+    ...(typeof details.causeClass === "string"
+      ? { causeClass: details.causeClass }
+      : {}),
+    userMessageKey: definition.userMessageKey,
+    action: definition.action,
+  });
+}
+
+/** @param {number} status */
+export function kindForStatus(status) {
+  if (status === 401) return "AUTH_REQUIRED";
+  if (status === 403) return "FORBIDDEN";
+  if (status === 404) return "NOT_FOUND";
+  if (status === 409) return "CONFLICT";
+  if (status === 422) return "VALIDATION_REJECTED";
+  if (status === 429) return "RATE_LIMITED";
+  if (status >= 500) return "SERVER_FAILURE";
+  if (status >= 400) return "UNKNOWN_CLIENT_FAILURE";
+  return "ENVELOPE_MISMATCH";
+}
+
+/**
+ * Total catch-all that intentionally discards the thrown value.
+ *
+ * @param {unknown} value
+ * @param {{ operationId?: string, attempt?: number }} [context]
+ */
+export function normalizeUnknownFailure(value, context = {}) {
+  const causeClass =
+    value instanceof Error
+      ? value.name
+      : value === null
+        ? "null"
+        : typeof value;
+
+  return createFailure(
+    "UNKNOWN_FAILURE",
+    context.operationId ?? "UNKNOWN_OPERATION",
+    context.attempt ?? 0,
+    { code: "UNKNOWN_FAILURE", causeClass },
+  );
+}

tests/unit/error-classification.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import {
+  ERROR_REGISTRY,
+  createFailure,
+  kindForStatus,
+  normalizeUnknownFailure,
+} from "../../src/contracts/errors.js";
+
+describe("frontend failure classification", () => {
+  it("defines all 26 stable error kinds with the seven contract fields", () => {
+    expect(Object.keys(ERROR_REGISTRY)).toHaveLength(26);
+    for (const definition of Object.values(ERROR_REGISTRY)) {
+      expect(definition).toEqual(
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          kind: expect.any(String),
+          defaultRetryable: expect.any(Boolean),
+          severity: expect.any(String),
+          userMessageKey: expect.any(String),
+          action: expect.any(String),
+          telemetryEvent: expect.any(String),
+          redaction: expect.any(Array),
+        }),
+      );
+    }
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    [401, "AUTH_REQUIRED"],
+    [403, "FORBIDDEN"],
+    [404, "NOT_FOUND"],
+    [409, "CONFLICT"],
+    [422, "VALIDATION_REJECTED"],
+    [418, "UNKNOWN_CLIENT_FAILURE"],
+    [429, "RATE_LIMITED"],
+    [503, "SERVER_FAILURE"],
+  ])("maps HTTP %i to %s", (status, kind) => {
+    expect(kindForStatus(status)).toBe(kind);
+  });
+
+  it("projects only allowlisted safe fields", () => {
+    const result = createFailure("SERVER_FAILURE", "LIST_SAMPLE_RESOURCES", 0, {
+      code: "TEMPORARY",
+      httpStatus: 503,
+      requestId: "request-1",
+      stack: "must not leak",
+      body: "must not leak",
+      authorization: "Bearer secret",
+    });
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({
+      kind: "SERVER_FAILURE",
+      code: "TEMPORARY",
+      httpStatus: 503,
+      requestId: "request-1",
+    });
+    expect(JSON.stringify(result)).not.toMatch(/stack|body|Bearer|secret/);
+  });
+
+  it("normalizes any thrown value without leaking it", () => {
+    const secret = { token: "sensitive", nested: { rawBody: "private" } };
+    const result = normalizeUnknownFailure(secret);
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({
+      kind: "UNKNOWN_FAILURE",
+      causeClass: "object",
+    });
+    expect(JSON.stringify(result)).not.toMatch(/sensitive|private|token|rawBody/);
+  });
+});