From 13f35f4f26e9c45ff3aaa8aa66486e7949f9a2fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: corsacca <corsacca@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 10:59:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Better error messages when updating the CMS

---
 app/pages/admin/pages/[id].vue                           | 6 ++++--
 server/api/admin/pages/[id].patch.ts                     | 4 +++-
 server/api/admin/pages/[id]/translations/[locale].put.ts | 4 +++-
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/pages/admin/pages/[id].vue b/app/pages/admin/pages/[id].vue
index e8f939ef..14c4265c 100644
--- a/app/pages/admin/pages/[id].vue
+++ b/app/pages/admin/pages/[id].vue
@@ -251,9 +251,11 @@ async function saveAll(statusOverride?: 'draft' | 'published', localeOverride?:
     await refresh()
     return true
   } catch (e: any) {
+    const status = e?.statusCode || e?.response?.status
+    const detail = e?.data?.statusMessage || e?.data?.message || e?.statusMessage || e?.message
     toast.add({
-      title: 'Save failed',
-      description: e?.data?.statusMessage || e?.message,
+      title: status ? `Save failed (${status})` : 'Save failed',
+      description: detail || 'Unexpected error — please try again',
       color: 'error'
     })
     return false
diff --git a/server/api/admin/pages/[id].patch.ts b/server/api/admin/pages/[id].patch.ts
index 020d4145..b294da3c 100644
--- a/server/api/admin/pages/[id].patch.ts
+++ b/server/api/admin/pages/[id].patch.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
     if (e?.statusCode) {
       throw createError({ statusCode: e.statusCode, statusMessage: e.statusMessage || e.message })
     }
-    throw e
+    console.error('[admin/pages/[id].patch] unhandled error', { id, error: e })
+    const message = e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e)
+    throw createError({ statusCode: 500, statusMessage: message || 'Unexpected server error' })
   }
 })
diff --git a/server/api/admin/pages/[id]/translations/[locale].put.ts b/server/api/admin/pages/[id]/translations/[locale].put.ts
index d7d7c94c..c10441b8 100644
--- a/server/api/admin/pages/[id]/translations/[locale].put.ts
+++ b/server/api/admin/pages/[id]/translations/[locale].put.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
     if (e?.statusCode) {
       throw createError({ statusCode: e.statusCode, statusMessage: e.statusMessage || e.message })
     }
-    throw e
+    console.error('[admin/pages/[id]/translations/[locale].put] unhandled error', { id, locale, error: e })
+    const message = e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e)
+    throw createError({ statusCode: 500, statusMessage: message || 'Unexpected server error' })
   }
 })