chore(api): adjust the way errors are returned

[DalderupMaurice]

Description

Motivation and Context

How Has This Been Tested?

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Types of changes

• Chore (tests, refactors, and fixes)
• New feature (adds functionality)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)

Checklist

• I have read the CONTRIBUTING guidelines and confirm that my code follows the code style of this project.
• Tests for the changes have been added (for bug fixes/features)

Documentation

• Docs need to be added/updated (for bug fixes/features)

Closing issues

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[codecov]

Codecov Report

Merging #1072 into develop will not change coverage.
The diff coverage is 0%.

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