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fix(billing): pass the AppError to responses.error so the 402 whitelist emits in production - #4065

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modules/billing/middlewares/billing.requireQuota.js extracted const details = err.details and then called responses.error(res, status, title, description)(details) — passing the sub-object as the error parameter.

responses.error reads error.details from what it is handed. Given details, it read details.details — always undefined. So the whitelisted type / upgradeUrl payload never emitted, on the exact path the production error envelope was built for. A client rendering an upgrade CTA on meter exhaustion or a past-due subscription had nothing to render.

Fixed at all five call sites (402 ×3, 429, 503) — the issue named three. details is kept only for the ?.type === branching.

Before / after

Real code path, NODE_ENV=production:

before:  {type, message, code, status, errorCode, description}          ← no details key
after :  … + "details": {"upgradeUrl": "/billing/plans", "type": "METER_EXHAUSTED"}

Per site, after: PAYMENT_PAST_DUE → {type} · METER_EXHAUSTED → {upgradeUrl, type} · generic/defensive 402 → {type} with a non-whitelisted internalHint correctly dropped · QUOTA_EXCEEDED → {upgradeUrl, type} · PLAN_NOT_CONFIGURED → {type}.

An adversarial details carrying an internal hostname, an IP, a Mongo errmsg with credentials and a stack-shaped string was driven through the fixed path: only {type, upgradeUrl} survived. The whitelist's exact-key + safe-scalar gate holds whatever the error carries.

The test was the real bug

The existing test asserted type/upgradeUrl via JSON.parse(payload.error) — the serialized-error blob, which only exists outside production. It never asserted payload.details, the field a production client reads. So it passed in every environment while the production behaviour was wrong. That is why this survived.

Every one of the five sites now has a production-mode assertion on payload.details, each proven by reverting (err)(details) on that site's line only:

Site Reds under its own reversion Guard test among them
402 PAYMENT_PAST_DUE 3 yes
402 METER_EXHAUSTED 5 yes (pre-existing guard still holds)
402 generic/defensive 1 yes — sole red
429 QUOTA_EXCEEDED 1 yes — sole red
503 PLAN_NOT_CONFIGURED 2 yes

The 402-generic and 429 rows are the point: only the new guard reads that shape. Under the 429 reversion the sibling objectContaining tests — checking message/code/status — stayed green, which is precisely how this bug shipped.

The 402-generic branch had no coverage of any kind before; its new test also pins that message/description stay generic and never leak err.message.

Collateral, verified not weakened

Passing the real AppError means the dev-only payload.error blob now serializes it, so curated fields moved from top-level to nested under .details. Eight pre-existing tests asserted the old flat shape and were updated — each is a pure relocation (errData.typeerrData.details.type), same values, same matcher strength, no assertion dropped. Independently re-checked one by one during review.

(JSON.stringify on an Error yields {status, code, name, details}message and stack are non-enumerable and never serialize, so an assertion on those would have been vacuous either way.)

One comment corrected

The middleware branches on Array.isArray(err.details) ? err.details[0] : err.details. That branch is unreachable from every current billing throw site, but AppError defaults details to [{message}] when a throw site omits it, so the shape is reachable in principle. Kept the branch, and the comment now states the real consequence: pickWhitelistedDetails returns undefined for array-shaped details, so that shape ships with no payload.details at all.

Verification

Lint clean. Unit: 178 suites / 2490 tests green (baseline 178/2487, +3 as expected) — cited as proof per this repo's known Mongo-integration flakiness. The full run showed 4 failures in files this diff does not touch (invitations.integration, auth.signup.attribution.integration, public.docs.integration, and a 140ms-vs-50ms perf gate), matching that documented pattern; both billing-quota suites pass in the same run.

Found, not fixed

Two remaining sites call responses.error(...) with a non-error argument, both confirmed by execution and filed as #4064: lib/middlewares/analytics.requireFeatureFlag.js:45 passes a flat {type, flag} so its type is silently dropped in every environment, and modules/home/controllers/home.controller.js:66 passes a raw health-check payload.

modules/billing/controllers/billing.controller.js:26 bypasses responses.error entirely — separate known issue, untouched.

Closes #4062

https://claude.ai/code/session_0185ELiCjZaBJx8PH4xoSsZb

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed billing quota error responses so relevant error details, including error type and upgrade links, are delivered correctly.
    • Prevented production responses from exposing internal error information while retaining approved billing details.
    • Improved handling for quota exhaustion, overdue payments, missing plans, and other billing configuration errors.
    • Updated development error details to accurately reflect the underlying billing error.

…error

billing.requireQuota's catch block extracted `details = err.details` (for
branching on the AppError sub-type) and then handed that sub-object, not
`err` itself, to responses.error(...)(details) at every 402/429/503 call
site. responses.error reads `error.details` off whatever it's given, so it
read `details.details` -> always undefined, silently dropping the
whitelisted type/upgradeUrl payload from every response this middleware
ever sent, in every environment including production.

Pass `err` instead; keep the extracted `details` var only for the
`?.type === '...'` branching.

This also reshapes the dev-only payload.error blob: it now serializes the
real AppError, so curated fields moved from the blob's top level to nested
under `.details`. Updated the 8 existing tests (across
billing.quota.unit.tests.js and billing.webhook.hardening.unit.tests.js)
asserting the old flat shape, and added a dedicated NODE_ENV=production
test proving payload.details carries type/upgradeUrl (red before this
fix, green after).

Fixes #4062

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0185ELiCjZaBJx8PH4xoSsZb
…ayload.details assertion

- production-mode tests for 402 PAYMENT_PAST_DUE, 402 unmapped sub-type,
  429 QUOTA_EXCEEDED, 503 PLAN_NOT_CONFIGURED (METER_EXHAUSTED already had one)
- the 429 test now reads upgradeUrl as its name claims, instead of only
  checking message/code/status via objectContaining
- comment on the Array.isArray unwrap in billing.requireQuota.js now states
  that an array-shaped details yields no payload.details either way
  (pickWhitelistedDetails drops it), so the branch is dead-but-harmless

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0185ELiCjZaBJx8PH4xoSsZb
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The quota middleware now passes the original AppError to responses.error, preserving whitelisted production details. Tests cover production payloads and the nested structure of serialized development error data.

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Billing quota error payload

Layer / File(s) Summary
Quota error routing
modules/billing/middlewares/billing.requireQuota.js, ERRORS.md
All quota error branches pass err to responses.error. Documentation records the corrected error handling.
Production payload coverage
modules/billing/tests/billing.quota.unit.tests.js
Tests cover whitelisted details for quota exhaustion, meter exhaustion, plan configuration, payment status, and unmapped subtypes in production mode.
Serialized error contract
modules/billing/tests/billing.quota.unit.tests.js, modules/billing/tests/billing.webhook.hardening.unit.tests.js
Development error-blob assertions now read curated fields from errData.details.

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The quota middleware now preserves whitelisted AppError details in production responses and has branch coverage for the updated payloads. The remaining risk is limited to required documentation for modified functions and does not change runtime behavior.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the primary fix: passing the full AppError to responses.error so production whitelist details are emitted.
Description check ✅ Passed The description provides the change, rationale, affected module, validation results, test coverage, related issue, security considerations, and follow-up findings. It does not use every template headi…
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The implementation satisfies issue #4062. It passes the full AppError at all five billing.requireQuota call sites, adds production assertions for whitelisted payload.details, updates development-only …
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changed middleware, billing tests, webhook test, error log, and comment update directly support issue #4062. No unrelated code changes are present.
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 1 functions across 3 files. (1 skipped: 1 …
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