From 1dd334c030fb00328ffb9d6531f6a6f74d5b45ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jagriti-aswal <jagritiaswal12@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 May 2026 19:16:47 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Improve user-friendly error handling for tracker search
 requests

---
 src/hooks/useGitHubData.ts | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/hooks/useGitHubData.ts b/src/hooks/useGitHubData.ts
index f85d7b7..68a8a0c 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useGitHubData.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useGitHubData.ts
@@ -58,8 +58,13 @@ export const useGitHubData = (getOctokit: () => any) => {
         }else if(err.status===404){
           setError('Resource not found.');
         }
-        else{
-          setError(err.message || 'Failed to fetch data');
+        else if (errorMessage.includes("validation failed")) {
+          setError('Invalid GitHub username or insufficient permissions.');
+        }
+        else {
+          setError(
+            'Unable to fetch GitHub data. Please verify the username, token, or network connection.'
+          );
         }
       } finally {
         setLoading(false);