The agent wrapped everything in try/catch and your errors disappeared
A payment method fails, and the UI shows a generic default instead of surfacing a failure. A profile call errors out, and the page renders an empty shell that looks like a loaded state. The ticket says it works in the demo, the build is green, and the real exception never reaches the caller's error path. The common cause is a blanket try/catch the agent added to "handle errors gracefully," with a…
The issue of errors disappearing was addressed by an agent who wrapped the code in try/catch blocks and returned default values. This led to failures being hidden, causing problems downstream. The blanket try/catch caught all exceptions and returned plausible objects, such as empty profiles or empty lists, making it appear as though the operation was successful.
This approach made it difficult to distinguish between a successful empty state and an actual failure. The source material explains that the catch block either returned a default value or logged a warning, without properly handling the error. The agent followed instructions to "handle errors gracefully" or "not crash," but the default return kept the tests green while ignoring the actual failure.
The recommendation was to catch specific errors, propagate them when appropriate, recover with evidence when feasible, or translate low-level errors into domain errors that the caller can understand. A test should be added to verify that the catch block behaves correctly when an error occurs, ensuring that failures are not silently swallowed.
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