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Adds "Explain this failure" to the exchange panel for failed and bad-response exchanges. It uses the AI provider set up in Settings, AI.

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  • Documents are sent with every value replaced by its type.
  • The error text is masked, including any partner response inside it.
  • Handler settings are sent by name only.
  • The user can see exactly what was sent.
  • Every explanation is recorded in the audit log.

Endpoint: POST /api/xchangeexplanations (exchanges.view). Docs updated in configuration, admin-ui and api-reference.

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What changed

  • Added POST /api/xchangeexplanations, protected by exchanges.view, for failed exchanges and bad partner responses.
  • Sends masked documents, error text, retry context, and handler-setting names to the configured AI model. Returns the explanation and the exact prompt content sent. Records successful requests as explain-failure audit actions.
  • Added API client and exchange UI support, documentation, and unit and HTTP/UI test coverage.

Risk

risk:medium

Security-sensitive areas

  • The feature sends exchange data to an external AI provider. Document values are replaced with type markers, and error text has additional masking. Document keys and error wording remain visible; masking should not be treated as a guarantee that all sensitive data is removed.
  • The endpoint requires exchange-view permission. Handler setting values are excluded.

Test coverage impact

  • Added tests for masking, response parsing, the HTTP flow, audit recording, missing AI setup, and UI behavior.
  • Test execution results were not provided.

Deployment and operational concerns

  • AI provider configuration is required. Requests fail with a settings-related error when AI is not configured.
  • No migration or schema change is described in the supplied evidence.
  • Each explanation sends exchange context to the configured provider and creates an audit record.

Adds an API and web interface that request AI explanations for failed or bad-response exchanges. The API builds a prompt from exchange and retry context, masks document values and error text, records completed explanations as operator actions, and returns parsed explanation fields with the sent prompt.

Changes: Failed exchange explanations

Layer / File(s) Summary
Masking and explanation parsing
SW.Bitween.Api/Services/Ai/Masking.cs, SW.Bitween.Api/Services/Ai/FailurePrompt.cs, SW.Bitween.UnitTests/Ai/MaskingTests.cs
Masks document values and sensitive error text while preserving document structure. Parses model answers into summary, cause, and fix fields. Unit tests cover masking and parsing behavior.
Explanation endpoint and audit record
SW.Bitween.Api/Resources/XchangeExplanations/Explain.cs, SW.Bitween.Api/Domain/OperatorAction.cs, SW.Bitween.HttpTests/FailureExplanationTests.cs
Adds a permission-checked endpoint that gathers exchange and retry context, submits a masked prompt to the configured model, parses its answer, and records the completed explanation as an operator action. HTTP tests cover configured and unconfigured AI cases.
Exchange drawer and explanation dialog
SW.Bitween.Web/ClientApp/src/api/client.ts, SW.Bitween.Web/ClientApp/src/api/http/exchanges.ts, SW.Bitween.Web/ClientApp/src/pages/exchanges/ExchangeDrawer.tsx, SW.Bitween.Web/ClientApp/src/pages/exchanges/ExplainFailure.tsx, SW.Bitween.Web/ClientApp/src/pages/exchanges/__tests__/explainFailure.test.tsx, docs/admin-ui.md, docs/api-reference.md, docs/configuration.md
Adds the client request and a dialog for requesting and viewing explanations. The drawer shows the feature for failed and bad-response exchanges. UI tests and documentation cover the flow.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

Possibly related PRs

Suggested labels: security, database, risk:critical

Suggested reviewers: samerzughul

Merge Risk: Moderate · previous review 1e184

The new "Explain this failure" feature promises that only value types are sent to the AI provider. A CSV without a header row sends its first row of real data unmasked, which defeats that promise. Fix the CSV masking before merging. The model-answer parsing and audit-ordering issues are smaller and can be fixed in the same pass.

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Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adding AI explanations for failed exchanges.
Description check Passed The description accurately covers the exchange-panel feature, AI endpoint, masking controls, audit logging, permissions, and documentation updates.
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Inline comments:
Review comments at @SW.Bitween.Api/Resources/XchangeExplanations/Explain.cs:
- Around line 128-131: In the explanation flow, move the RecordNowAsync call
before model.Complete so the ExplainFailure action is recorded before sending
the prompt; ensure a recording failure prevents the provider call, and keep the
audit description accurate for a send that may not produce a usable answer.
- Line 146: Update Explain’s AddFile flow to reject files larger than a fixed
masking limit before reading or masking them, adding the file name with the “not
sent: too large to mask” placeholder instead. Keep the existing non-positive
size check and normal processing for files within the limit.

Review comments at @SW.Bitween.Api/Services/Ai/FailurePrompt.cs:
- Around line 47-49: Update the field conversion in FailurePrompt so non-string
summary, cause, and fix tokens are handled without throwing. Add a helper that
converts supported JToken types to text, including arrays and objects, and use
it for all three fields while preserving the existing trimming and empty-value
behavior.

Review comments at @SW.Bitween.Api/Services/Ai/Masking.cs:
- Line 165: Update the CSV format configuration in the type-selection branch so
CsvFormat uses CsvOptions with HasHeader set to false. This ensures the first
row is treated as data and masked rather than preserved as column keys.

Review comments at @SW.Bitween.UnitTests/Ai/MaskingTests.cs:
- Around line 46-51: Add CSV coverage alongside
A_document_that_isnt_json_xml_or_csv_isnt_sent_at_all for Masking.Document: test
headerless CSV to ensure first-row values are masked and absent from the output,
and test CSV with a header row to verify its values are masked as well.

Review comments at @SW.Bitween.Web/ClientApp/src/api/client.ts:
- Around line 755-764: Move the explainExchange declaration and its JSDoc below
retryExchange so the existing documentation remains attached to retryExchange.
Keep both declarations and their documentation unchanged.

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  • SW.Bitween.Api/Domain/OperatorAction.cs
  • SW.Bitween.Api/Resources/XchangeExplanations/Explain.cs
  • SW.Bitween.Api/Services/Ai/FailurePrompt.cs
  • SW.Bitween.Api/Services/Ai/Masking.cs
  • SW.Bitween.HttpTests/FailureExplanationTests.cs
  • SW.Bitween.UnitTests/Ai/MaskingTests.cs
  • SW.Bitween.Web/ClientApp/src/api/client.ts
  • SW.Bitween.Web/ClientApp/src/api/http/exchanges.ts
  • SW.Bitween.Web/ClientApp/src/pages/exchanges/ExchangeDrawer.tsx
  • SW.Bitween.Web/ClientApp/src/pages/exchanges/ExplainFailure.tsx
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SW.Bitween.Web/ClientApp/src/pages/exchanges/ExplainFailure.tsx

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SW.Bitween.Api/Domain/OperatorAction.cs: 1

21-22: LGTM!

SW.Bitween.HttpTests/FailureExplanationTests.cs: 1

1-110: LGTM!

SW.Bitween.Web/ClientApp/src/api/http/exchanges.ts: 1

17-17: LGTM!

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SW.Bitween.Web/ClientApp/src/pages/exchanges/ExchangeDrawer.tsx: 1

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SW.Bitween.Web/ClientApp/src/pages/exchanges/ExplainFailure.tsx: 1

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SW.Bitween.Web/ClientApp/src/pages/exchanges/__tests__/explainFailure.test.tsx: 1

1-81: LGTM!

docs/admin-ui.md: 1

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docs/api-reference.md: 1

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docs/configuration.md: 1

219-219: LGTM!

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