From 41552d398ec48e87b5f12557d4a4c9f86049bea7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Amoscato <nick@amoscato.com>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2023 08:45:00 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(common): loosen http exception cause type

resolves #11665
---
 packages/common/exceptions/http.exception.ts | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/common/exceptions/http.exception.ts b/packages/common/exceptions/http.exception.ts
index 80028769564..36f27e563bc 100644
--- a/packages/common/exceptions/http.exception.ts
+++ b/packages/common/exceptions/http.exception.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ import { Logger } from '../services';
 import { isObject, isString } from '../utils/shared.utils';
 
 export interface HttpExceptionOptions {
-  cause?: Error;
+  /** original cause of the error */
+  cause?: unknown;
   description?: string;
 }
 
@@ -67,14 +68,13 @@ export class HttpException extends Error {
     this.initCause();
   }
 
-  public cause: Error | undefined;
+  public cause: unknown;
 
   /**
    * Configures error chaining support
    *
-   * See:
-   * - https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v16.9.0/#error-cause
-   * - https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/45167
+   * @see https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v16.9.0/#error-cause
+   * @see https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/45167
    */
   public initCause(): void {
     if (this.options?.cause) {