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fix(errorTracker): capture request context and name empty-message errors - #4242
Server errors that reach the Express error handler now reach PostHog with method, endpoint and status code; an error with no message is named " " (type and stack kept).
Expected 4xx are no longer captured, by the handler or by the logger transport (which now honors the flag on non-Error values too).
The endpoint is the route pattern, or the path with secret segments redacted — one shared helper, also used by the analytics middleware.
Known limit (unchanged by this PR): behind a sub-express.Router() the endpoint loses the router's mount prefix; the stack itself mounts routes with app.route().
The Express error middleware now captures only server errors
(err.status || 500 >= 500, same rule as initErrorRoutes) and adds
method, endpoint (route pattern or redacted path) and statusCode to
the captured properties. An empty-message or non-Error value is
captured as an Error named "<METHOD> <endpoint> <status>". 4xx errors
are still flagged posthogCaptured so the Winston transport skips them.
The route redaction rule moves to redactRequestPath in
lib/helpers/redactUrl.js, shared with the analytics middleware.
Closes#4241
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Review comments at @lib/helpers/redactUrl.js:
- Line 111: Update redactPathSecrets to compare each path segment against
SENSITIVE_PATH_MARKERS case-insensitively by normalizing the segment before the
check, while preserving the existing behavior of redacting the following
segment.
- Line 110: Update the route-path handling in redactRequestPath to pass
req.baseUrl through redactPathSecrets before concatenating it with
req.route.path. Keep req.route.path unchanged so route parameter placeholders
remain intact.
Review comments at @lib/services/errorTracker.js:
- Around line 70-71: Update the setupExpressErrorHandler docstring and the
errorTracker migration note to state that conversion and the documented
request-based error name apply only to errors without a message; remove claims
that all non-Error values are converted, and leave the implementation unchanged.
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Walkthrough
The Express error handler now captures only errors with status 500 or higher and adds request context to captured events. Endpoint paths use route patterns when available or redact sensitive path segments. The PostHog logger transport skips non-Error values already marked as captured.
Changes
Error tracking and endpoint context
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Summary
Resolve and redact request endpoints lib/helpers/redactUrl.js, lib/helpers/tests/redactUrl.unit.tests.js, lib/middlewares/analytics.js
redactRequestPath returns a route pattern or a redacted concrete path without its query string. Analytics uses the helper for its tracked endpoint. Tests cover route patterns, base URLs, fallback paths, and empty paths.
Capture server errors with request context lib/services/errorTracker.js, lib/services/tests/errorTracker.unit.tests.js, MIGRATIONS.md
The Express error handler captures errors with status 500 or higher and adds method, endpoint, status, user ID, and request ID to the event. It synthesizes a message for empty-message errors and passes the original error downstream. Tests and the migration note cover the updated behavior.
Skip duplicate capture of marked errors lib/services/logger.posthog.transport.js, lib/services/tests/logger.posthog.transport.unit.tests.js, lib/services/tests/logger.posthog.transport.integration.tests.js
The transport skips capture when a non-Error info.error value is marked as already captured. Tests cover marked and unmarked values.
Resolve endpoint redaction before merging: case-variant secret paths can expose tokens when error tracking is enabled, and downstream parameterized router mounts introduce another disclosure path. Narrow the documentation to the implemented empty-message behavior.
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The title clearly identifies the main changes: error-tracker request context capture and naming of empty-message errors.
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Issue #4241 requires request method, query-free route context, status code, readable names for empty messages, and no capture for expected 4xx errors. setupExpressErrorHandler now applies the status…
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The changes remain connected to #4241. redactRequestPath provides the required endpoint value and replaces duplicate endpoint logic in analytics. The transport change prevents duplicate PostHog even…
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Issue #4241 requires request method, query-free route context, status code, readable names for empty messages, and no capture for expected 4xx errors. setupExpressErrorHandler now applies the status filter, builds method, redacted endpoint, and statusCode properties, and names empty-message or non-Error captures from those values while preserving an available name and stack. The added handler tests cover empty-message, non-Error, 4xx, matched-route, and secret-redaction cases. The transport changes and tests prevent duplicate capture for flagged non-Error values.
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The changes remain connected to #4241. redactRequestPath provides the required endpoint value and replaces duplicate endpoint logic in analytics. The transport change prevents duplicate PostHog events for errors handled by Express, including non-Error values. The related unit and integration tests and the migration note document the changed capture behavior. No unrelated implementation is demonstrated.
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Cover plain-object 4xx flagging in the errorTracker suite.
The handler at lib/services/errorTracker.js:83 sets posthogCaptured on every object error, including 4xx errors. No unit test sends a plain-object 4xx through the handler. The non-Error test uses status 502, and the 4xx test uses an Error instance. A change that flags plain-object errors only when status >= 500 would pass the current suite. That plain-object 404 would reach the logger transport unflagged. If the error is later logged, the transport can capture it, which breaks the expected-4xx suppression. Add this test after the 4xx test at lib/services/tests/errorTracker.unit.tests.js:276-285.
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expect(mockAnalyticsCapture).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
expect(err.posthogCaptured).toBe(true);
expect(next).toHaveBeenCalledWith(err);
});
++ test('flags a plain-object 404 so the logger transport skips it', async () => {+ const middleware = await mountMiddleware();+ const err = { status: 404 };+ const next = jest.fn();+ middleware(err, { id: 'req-13', method: 'GET', originalUrl: '/api/things/42' }, {}, next);++ expect(mockAnalyticsCapture).not.toHaveBeenCalled();+ expect(err.posthogCaptured).toBe(true);+ expect(next).toHaveBeenCalledWith(err);+ });
The test at lib/services/tests/logger.posthog.transport.integration.tests.js:64-67 sets posthogCaptured on its input and calls logger.error. It does not reach the handler, so its name should state what it checks. For example, rename it to non-Error error object marked posthogCaptured is skipped by the transport.
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Review comment at
@lib/services/tests/logger.posthog.transport.integration.tests.js around lines
63 - 67:
Add a unit test in the errorTracker suite that passes a plain-object 404 through
the middleware and verifies it is marked posthogCaptured, is not sent to
analytics, and is passed to next. Also rename the logger transport test to
clarify that it verifies an already-marked non-Error object is skipped by the
transport.
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Inline comments:
Review comments at @lib/helpers/redactUrl.js:
- Line 111: Update redactPathSecrets to compare each path segment against
SENSITIVE_PATH_MARKERS case-insensitively by normalizing the segment before the
check, while preserving the existing behavior of redacting the following
segment.
- Line 110: Update the route-path handling in redactRequestPath to pass
req.baseUrl through redactPathSecrets before concatenating it with
req.route.path. Keep req.route.path unchanged so route parameter placeholders
remain intact.
Review comments at @lib/services/errorTracker.js:
- Around line 70-71: Update the setupExpressErrorHandler docstring and the
errorTracker migration note to state that conversion and the documented
request-based error name apply only to errors without a message; remove claims
that all non-Error values are converted, and leave the implementation unchanged.
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Nitpick comments:
Review comments at
@lib/services/tests/logger.posthog.transport.integration.tests.js:
- Around line 63-67: Add a unit test in the errorTracker suite that passes a
plain-object 404 through the middleware and verifies it is marked
posthogCaptured, is not sent to analytics, and is passed to next. Also rename
the logger transport test to clarify that it verifies an already-marked
non-Error object is skipped by the transport.
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express.Router()the endpoint loses the router's mount prefix; the stack itself mounts routes with app.route().Closes #4241
Summary by CodeRabbit
Errorfailures now receive useful request context. Already captured errors are not captured again by the logging transport.api_requestevents for dashboards and alerts that rely on 4xx exceptions.