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Fixes #1156

These are the five error paths from the issue. Each one is its own commit with its own test, so any of them can be dropped or reverted on its own.

Bad input now returns 400 instead of 500

CSV import, repeated row (eb963035). A CSV that has the same row twice makes the parser raise DuplicateLinkException. That's a problem with the uploaded file, the same as the ValueError branch right below it, so both now go through one except and return 400 with the parser's message. The test uploads a real two-row CSV, with no mocks.

/completion without a usable prompt (655c8b34). The handler used to call .get("prompt") on whatever JSON arrived. It now checks that the body is an object with a non-empty string prompt before doing anything else, so ["x"], {}, {"prompt": " "} and {"prompt": 1} all get a 400 and the model is never called. The chatbot page always sends {"prompt": ...}, so it isn't affected.

/admin/imports/runs?limit=…&offset=… (ef62cc42). A non-integer value is now a 400 instead of a ValueError, and so is a negative one. SQLite treats a negative LIMIT as "no limit", but Postgres rejects it, so it was a 500 there too. I didn't add an upper cap because this is an admin-only route. Happy to add one if you want it to match MAX_ITEMS_PER_PAGE.

Exception text no longer goes to the client

map_analysis fallback (95b907eb). When the synchronous fallback failed, the 503 body included str(fallback_exc), which can contain connection details from the Neo4j or database driver. The body is now just Gap analysis unavailable. The exception was already logged with logger.exception, so nothing is lost on the server side.

/completion errors (7e0c681c). The response was {"error": "AI Service Error: <str(e)>"}, and chatbot.tsx puts json.error straight into the chat window. It now returns {"error": "AI Service Error"} with the same status code as before, and logs the exception. The rate-limit message is unchanged.

One question on this one. Provider 4xx errors (like the 400 INVALID_ARGUMENT case in chat_completion_test.py) now get the generic message too. I went with that because I couldn't be sure every provider message is safe to show. If you'd rather keep the provider text for 4xx, it's a one-line change and I can switch it.

Before and after

Same script against main and this branch, through the Flask test client:

                                     main                                   this branch
cre_csv_import (same row twice)      500 error during parsing ... err:...   400 invalid CSV contents: Cannot link the same document twice, ...
completion json=["x"]                500 AI Service Error: 'list' object... 400 Body must be a JSON object with a non-empty 'prompt'
/admin/imports/runs?limit=abc        500 ValueError                          400 limit and offset must be integers
/admin/imports/runs?limit=-1         200 (SQLite)                            400 limit and offset must not be negative
map_analysis, fallback fails         503 Gap analysis unavailable: <exc>     503 Gap analysis unavailable
completion, generate_text raises     500 AI Service Error: <exc>             500 AI Service Error

Tests

$ python -m unittest application.tests.chat_completion_test application.tests.admin_imports_api_test
Ran 18 tests
OK

$ python -m unittest application.tests.web_main_test
Ran 56 tests
OK

$ python scripts/check_openapi_guardrail.py
OPENAPI_GUARDRAIL_OK:

$ black --check .
358 files would be left unchanged.

The full suite fails the same tests on this branch as on main. Those are modules missing from my local env (bs4, git, mcp, xmltodict, gspread) plus a few Windows path tests.

fetch_job has the same exception-text problem, but that's covered in #1153, so I left it out here to keep the two PRs from conflicting.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Invalid or negative pagination values for import-run requests return a 400 response.
  • Chat requests with missing, blank, non-string, or non-object prompts are rejected with a 400 response. Generation failures return a generic error message and preserve the appropriate status code.
  • Analysis failures no longer expose backend exception details in the response.
  • CSV imports with duplicate document links return a 400 response instead of a server error.

Walkthrough

The changes validate import-run pagination and completion prompts, return 400 for duplicate CSV links, and remove exception text from gap-analysis and completion error responses.

Changes

API Error Handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Request input validation application/web/web_main.py, application/tests/admin_imports_api_test.py, application/tests/chat_completion_test.py	Import-run pagination rejects non-integer and negative values. Completion rejects invalid prompts before generation and passes the validated prompt to the generator. Tests cover invalid pagination and completion inputs.
Exception response handling application/web/web_main.py, application/tests/web_main_test.py, application/tests/chat_completion_test.py	Gap-analysis failures retain status 503 without returning exception text. Completion failures return the generic AI Service Error while retaining the extracted status code. Tests check that exception text is absent.
Duplicate CSV link handling application/web/web_main.py, application/tests/web_main_test.py	Duplicate-link exceptions return the invalid-contents 400 response. A regression test checks the duplicate-document error response.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 23804

Malformed completion requests still return 400, but the response message is inconsistent with other invalid prompts. This is a bounded issue that can be fixed before merge or accepted for follow-up.

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Title check		The title clearly summarizes the two main changes: returning 400 for invalid input and removing exception text from API error responses.
Description check		The description directly explains the changed error paths, expected behavior, tests, and issue scope. It is related to the changeset and provides sufficient context.
Linked Issues check		The reviewed changes satisfy the coding requirements in [#1156]. cre_csv_import returns 400 for duplicate-link and value errors. chat_cre rejects non-object bodies and missing, blank, or non-strin…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes remain within [#1156]. The source changes address the five specified API error paths. The tests directly verify the corresponding validation and error-response behavior. No unrelated `fetc…

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The reviewed changes satisfy the coding requirements in [#1156]. cre_csv_import returns 400 for duplicate-link and value errors. chat_cre rejects non-object bodies and missing, blank, or non-string prompt values before calling generate_text. admin_import_runs returns 400 for non-integer, empty, or negative pagination values. map_analysis logs fallback failures and returns a fixed 503 message. Completion generation failures log the exception, retain the prior status, and return a generic error message. The reported tests cover these paths. The separate fetch_job issue remains excluded by [#1156].

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The changes remain within [#1156]. The source changes address the five specified API error paths. The tests directly verify the corresponding validation and error-response behavior. No unrelated fetch_job change or other unrelated source change is reported.

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🟡 Minor · Handle malformed JSON through the prompt validation path. · web_main.py:1247-1249

application/web/web_main.py:1247-1249
🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Handle malformed JSON through the prompt validation path.

request.get_json(force=True) can raise BadRequest before the prompt check. The application has no 400 handler, so malformed JSON receives Flask's generic HTML error page instead of the route's custom short message. Use silent=True so malformed JSON reaches the same validation branch.

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-    message = request.get_json(force=True)
+    message = request.get_json(force=True, silent=True)

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Update the request.get_json call in the prompt validation flow to use silent
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