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The backend codebase contains 51 instances of 'except Exception' across 25 files (api/, services/, jobs/, auth/). These generic catches mask the true nature of failures — a SQLAlchemy IntegrityError, a Telegram NetworkError, an OpenAI RateLimitError, and a simple ValueError are all handled identically. In API endpoints, this means all unexpected errors return generic 500/502 responses, making debugging harder and hiding potentially recoverable errors. Key hotspots: llm_translator.py (7 instances), translation_service.py (5 instances), email_service.py (3 instances), channels.py (3 instances).

Mendel and others added 15 commits February 3, 2026 09:02
…m_translator.py with specific types

- Added imports: OpenAIError, RedisError, SQLAlchemyError
- Redis operations (2): now catch RedisError specifically
- SQLAlchemy operations (2): now catch SQLAlchemyError specifically
- LLM translation operations (2): now catch (OpenAIError, httpx.HTTPError, Exception)
- Google Translate fallback: kept Exception (appropriate for deep_translator library)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…anslation_service.py with specific types

- Added import for SQLAlchemyError from sqlalchemy.exc
- Replaced except Exception with except SQLAlchemyError in should_channel_translate()
- Replaced except Exception with except SQLAlchemyError in translate_message_immediate()
- Both functions primarily perform database operations, making SQLAlchemyError the appropriate specific exception type

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…e_service.py with RedisError

- Imported RedisError from redis.exceptions
- Replaced all 5 'except Exception' catches with 'except RedisError'
- Updated corresponding tests to use RedisError instead of generic Exception
- All 21 cache service tests now pass

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…ail_serv

Replaced generic 'except Exception' catches with specific exception types:
1. TemplateRenderer.render() - now catches jinja2.TemplateError
2. SMTPProvider.send() - now catches (smtplib.SMTPException, OSError)
3. ResendProvider.send() - now catches (httpx.HTTPError, httpx.RequestError, httpx.TimeoutException)

All 12 email service tests pass successfully.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…ates.py, usage.py, publisher.py

Replace broad 'except Exception' clauses with specific exception types:
- telegram_updates.py: Use RPCError, FloodWaitError, ChannelPrivateError, SQLAlchemyError, and RedisError
- usage.py: Use SQLAlchemyError for database operations
- publisher.py: Use RedisError for Redis publish operations

This improves error handling specificity and follows the pattern established in telegram_setup.py

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…py, auth_rate_limiter.py, channel_join_queue.py, events.py

- auth_rate_limiter.py: Replace Exception with RedisError for Redis operations
- events.py: Replace Exception with RedisError for Redis publish operations
- fetch_queue.py: Replace Exception with specific types (RedisError, SQLAlchemyError, RuntimeError, ValueError, KeyError, AttributeError)
- channel_join_queue.py: Replace Exception with specific types for queue processing

All changes follow the pattern from cache_service.py using specific exception types instead of generic Exception catches.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…i/channels.py with specific exceptions

- Added SQLAlchemyError and IntegrityError imports
- Added specific exception handlers before generic Exception catch-all in:
  1. add_channel() function
  2. add_channels_bulk() function
  3. refresh_channel_info() function
- Follows pattern from api/auth.py with layered exception handling
- All 16 channel API tests pass

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…ons.py, api/messages.py, api/alerts.py

- Added SQLAlchemyError and IntegrityError imports to all three files
- Replaced bare 'except Exception' with specific database error handlers in:
  - collections.py: create_collection endpoint
  - messages.py: search_messages endpoint and get_message_media endpoint
  - alerts.py: create_alert endpoint
- Improved error logging to include exception type name
- Added database rollback on errors
- Used specific error codes for better error tracking
- All tests pass successfully

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Added imports: SQLAlchemyError, IntegrityError from sqlalchemy.exc
- Updated register() exception handling:
  * Re-raise HTTPException first (preserve API error responses)
  * Keep existing UserAlreadyExists handler
  * Keep existing InvalidPasswordException handler
  * Added specific handler for (SQLAlchemyError, IntegrityError) for database operations
  * Keep Exception catch-all for truly unexpected errors
- Improved error logging with exception type names
- Syntax verified with py_compile

Following pattern from api/channels.py and api/collections.py

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…_messages.py and jobs/alerts.py

- Replace bare except Exception with specific exceptions following pattern from telegram_updates.py
- collect_messages.py: Use RedisError, SQLAlchemyError, RPCError, FloodWaitError
- alerts.py: Use RedisError for Redis publish operations
- All tests pass

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…_setup.py and auth/users.py

- telegram_setup.py: Added specific exception handling (RPCError, FloodWaitError, OSError) with Exception as final catch-all
- auth/users.py: Added RuntimeError handling for asyncio task creation errors with Exception as fallback for all 3 email task creation blocks
- auth_rate_limiter.py: Added missing Exception catch-all to pass test_redis_generic_exception_returns_503 test

All 27 auth tests pass.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…with SQLAlchemy-specific exceptions

- Replaced 'except Exception' in get_db() with 'except SQLAlchemyError'
- Replaced 'except Exception' in init_db() with 'except (OperationalError, DatabaseError)'
- Added imports for SQLAlchemyError, OperationalError, and DatabaseError from sqlalchemy.exc
- All database and health check tests pass (3 passed, 1 skipped)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…utils/retry.py

- main.py: Replaced 'except Exception' with 'except RedisError' for Redis cache initialization
- main.py: Replaced 'except Exception' with 'except SQLAlchemyError' for health check database queries, kept Exception as final catch-all
- utils/retry.py: Enhanced comment for Exception catch-all to clarify it's intentional for non-retryable errors
- Added imports for RedisError and SQLAlchemyError
- All health check tests pass (3 passed)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
✅ Full test suite verification completed:
- 162 tests passed
- 6 tests skipped (expected: PostgreSQL schema, PDF generation)
- 3 warnings (non-critical: urllib3 OpenSSL, coroutine mock warnings)
- Test execution time: 4.70s
- No regressions detected

All exception handling refactoring changes verified successfully across:
- Service layer (translation, LLM, cache, email, telegram, queues)
- API endpoints (channels, collections, messages, alerts, auth)
- Background jobs and CLI
- Core infrastructure (database, main app, utils)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@maynetee maynetee merged commit 24672cb into main Feb 3, 2026
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