Merge pull request #33658 from backstage/freben/clarify-fetch-failures

Add FetchMiddlewares.clarifyFailures and improve permission error handling
2026-03-29 12:51:04 +02:00
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commit 0336f92de8
9 changed files with 177 additions and 11 deletions
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+'@backstage/app-defaults': patch
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+Added `FetchMiddlewares.clarifyFailures()` to the default fetch API middleware stack.
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+'@backstage/core-app-api': minor
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+Added `FetchMiddlewares.clarifyFailures()` which replaces the uninformative "TypeError: Failed to fetch" with a message that includes the request method and URL.
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+'@backstage/frontend-app-api': patch
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+Wrapped extension permission authorization in a try/catch to surface errors as `ForwardedError` with a clear message.