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The data plane answered Native clients in three error shapes:

  • the events stream and the attach handshake used the documented DataPlaneHttpErrorEnvelope, {"error": {"code", "message", "retryable", "details"}};
  • the session proxy's own refusals (bad token, unknown session, route not ready) used the same fields without the error wrapper;
  • a request that matched no route, such as a mistyped /v1/... path or GET /metrics, got the ECW fallback's {"code": 404, "message": "Endpoint not found"} or the envd stub's 501, and a method the events or attach route does not serve got axum's empty 405.

After this change every error the data plane answers itself on the Native surface uses DataPlaneHttpErrorEnvelope:

  • the proxy's refusals are wrapped in error; responses from the target service are still forwarded unchanged;
  • a request that matches no route and names no ECW sandbox host is a 404 not_found ("route not found"), and so are the envd-only paths (/metrics, /envs, /files/compose) without one;
  • an unsupported method on the events or attach route is a 405 invalid_request, with the Allow header.

Requests for an ECW sandbox host (<port>-<sandbox>.<ecw host>) keep the ECW shapes the E2B SDK reads, the envd stubs' 501 included. The OpenAPI error overview and the proxy description say which errors use the envelope. The management API keeps its flat PublicErrorEnvelope; the data plane's nested envelope is the one its OpenAPI already documents for SSE, so this unifies on it rather than changing the documented events contract.

Validation

  • New unmatched_native_requests_answer_in_the_native_envelope (/v1/nope, /v1/sessions/{id}/unknown, /nope, /metrics without an ECW host, POST events, DELETE attach). Without the change: GET /v1/nope: {"code":404,"message":"Endpoint not found"}.
  • native_route_resolution_error_response_shape_is_stable and proxy_session_routes_extract_path_parameters now expect the wrapped proxy body; both fail without the change (left: {"code":"unauthorized",…}).
  • unsupported_envd_surfaces_return_explicit_ecw_errors and the request-latency test now send an ECW envd host and still get the ECW 501.
  • cargo fmt --check, cargo clippy -p pplx-space-data-plane-server -p pplx-space-api --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings, cargo check --workspace --all-targets --locked, cargo test -p pplx-space-data-plane-server, pplx-space-api public_docs tests: pass.
  • Kind (current guest), raw HTTP against the data plane on :8090:
    before (main 963a572): GET /v1/nope, /v1/sessions/{id}/unknown, /nope 404 {"code":404,"message":"Endpoint not found"}; GET /metrics 501 {"code":501,"message":"This E2B envd endpoint is not supported by SPACE ECW"}; POST /v1/sessions/{id}/events 405 with an empty body; proxy refusals flat ({"code":"unauthorized",…}).
    after: those paths 404 {"error":{"code":"not_found","message":"route not found","retryable":false}}; the 405 is {"error":{"code":"invalid_request",…}} with Allow: GET,HEAD; proxy refusals {"error":{"code":"unauthorized",…}}. ECW, for comparison, unchanged: GET /metrics with an envd sandbox host 501 in the ECW shape (run before the change; the ECW-host branch is untouched).
  • Kind native typed smoke (scripts/tests/smoke-kind-typed.sh native, SPACE_SMOKE_KIND_ADMIN_TOKEN_FILE set) on a build of all seven of these fixes together: 47 passed, 0 failed, 0 inconclusive. That combined build is local evidence; this branch alone was validated by its unit and integration tests.

Severity and risk

Severity: low. Clients had to parse three shapes to read a Native data-plane error.
Risk: medium-low. A client that parsed the proxy's flat error body (body.code) must read body.error.code; the proxy's error schema was not documented before. ECW-host requests are unchanged. Roll back by reverting.

Stack

Independent. If #1602 merges first, its new test's proxy rows move from /code to /error/code here.

AI assistance: Claude Code drafted the code, tests, and this description; the author reviewed them.

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Why: Native clients that parse proxy error bodies from the top-level `code` field will break when this ships, because the fields move under `error`. Unmatched Native paths and unsupported methods also now return different 404 and 405 responses. The change is tested and documented, but it alters the public error contract, so it needs an explicit compatibility decision before merge.

Commit: 540a9aec6f72.

Walkthrough

Data-plane proxy errors now place their existing fields inside a DataPlaneHttpErrorEnvelope. The OpenAPI description identifies additional cases that use the envelope and clarifies proxy error handling. Routes return Native not-found or method-not-allowed responses in the described cases without an ECW sandbox host. Unsupported envd endpoints on ECW sandbox hosts continue to return the existing ECW 501 response. Tests cover these response shapes and host-dependent behaviors.

Possibly related PRs

  • perplexityai/SPACE#1602: Changes Native token-failure paths that share the ProxyError response shape.
  • perplexityai/SPACE#1605: Changes rejected JSON body errors on Native routes, which also use the Native data-plane error contract.
Merge Risk: High · up to 540a9

Native clients that parse proxy error bodies from the top-level code field will break when this ships, because the fields move under error. Unmatched Native paths and unsupported methods also now return different 404 and 405 responses. The change is tested and documented, but it alters the public error contract, so it needs an explicit compatibility decision before merge.

Pre-merge checks: Passed 5 · Failed 1

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Title check Warning The title describes the change, but its prefix is fix(data-plane): instead of the required lowercase area followed by a colon or an area in square brackets. Rename the title to use the required format, for example data-plane: answer Native data-plane errors in one envelope.
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Description Follows The Pr Template Passed The description has a populated Summary, Validation, and Severity and risk section. It also names the AI tool and the parts it drafted.
Bug Fixes Name A Regression Test Passed The Validation section names unmatched_native_requests_answer_in_the_native_envelope and states that it fails without the fix. The PR adds this test for Native 404 and 405 responses and reports that…
Weakened Safeguards Are Justified Passed The changed assertions preserve the checks for the new error shape. The description explains why the envd tests now use an ECW host. No other safeguards are weakened.
Agent Tooling Runs No New Commands Passed The diff changes Rust data-plane code, tests, and API documentation. It does not change agent manifests, skills, guidelines, or agent-executable content.
Public-Safe Content Passed The diff, title, and description contain no identified restricted content. The hostnames in the added tests use reserved example domains. The reported HTTP output is from a local Kind build, not produ…
Full details: Bug Fixes Name A Regression Test

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The Validation section names unmatched_native_requests_answer_in_the_native_envelope and states that it fails without the fix. The PR adds this test for Native 404 and 405 responses and reports that the data-plane tests pass.

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The data plane answered Native clients in three shapes. The events stream
and the attach handshake used the documented `DataPlaneHttpErrorEnvelope`
(`{"error": {...}}`); the session proxy's own refusals used the same
fields without the `error` wrapper; and a request that matched no route,
such as a mistyped `/v1/...` path or `GET /metrics`, got the ECW fallback's
`{"code": 404, "message": "Endpoint not found"}` or the envd stub's 501. A
method a Native route does not serve got axum's empty 405.

Errors the data plane answers itself on the Native surface now all use
`DataPlaneHttpErrorEnvelope`:

- the proxy's refusals (bad token, unknown session, route not ready, and
  the rest) are wrapped in `error`; responses from the target service are
  still forwarded unchanged;
- a request that matches no route and names no ECW sandbox host gets a 404
  `not_found`. So do the envd-only paths (`/metrics`, `/envs`,
  `/files/compose`) without one;
- a method the events or attach route does not serve gets a 405
  `invalid_request`, with the `Allow` header.

Requests for an ECW sandbox host (`<port>-<sandbox>.<ecw host>`) keep the
ECW shapes the E2B SDK reads, the envd stubs' 501 included. The OpenAPI
error overview and the proxy description say which errors use the
envelope.
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