a2a_protocol_client/error/

mod.rs

// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
// Copyright 2026 Tom F. <tomf@tomtomtech.net> (https://github.com/tomtom215)
//
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//! Client error types.
//!
//! [`ClientError`] is the top-level error type for all A2A client operations.
//! Use [`ClientResult`] as the return type alias.

use std::fmt;

use a2a_protocol_types::{A2aError, TaskId};

// ── ClientError ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

/// Errors that can occur during A2A client operations.
#[derive(Debug)]
#[non_exhaustive]
pub enum ClientError {
    /// A transport-level HTTP error from hyper.
    Http(hyper::Error),

    /// An HTTP-level error from the hyper-util client (connection, redirect, etc.).
    HttpClient(String),

    /// JSON serialization or deserialization error.
    Serialization(serde_json::Error),

    /// A protocol-level A2A error returned by the server.
    Protocol(A2aError),

    /// A transport configuration or connection error.
    Transport(String),

    /// The agent endpoint URL is invalid or could not be resolved.
    InvalidEndpoint(String),

    /// The server returned an unexpected HTTP status code.
    UnexpectedStatus {
        /// The HTTP status code received.
        status: u16,
        /// The response body (truncated if large).
        body: String,
        /// Server-requested retry delay parsed from a `Retry-After` header
        /// (delta-seconds), when present on a `429`/`503`. The retry layer
        /// honors this in preference to its own computed backoff so the client
        /// does not hammer a server that explicitly asked it to wait.
        retry_after: Option<std::time::Duration>,
    },

    /// The agent requires authentication for this task.
    AuthRequired {
        /// The ID of the task requiring authentication.
        task_id: TaskId,
    },

    /// A request or stream connection timed out.
    Timeout(String),

    /// The server appears to use a different protocol binding than the client.
    ///
    /// For example, a JSON-RPC client connected to a REST-only server (or
    /// vice-versa).  Check the agent card's `supported_interfaces` to select
    /// the correct protocol binding.
    ProtocolBindingMismatch(String),
}

impl fmt::Display for ClientError {
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
        match self {
            Self::Http(e) => write!(f, "HTTP error: {e}"),
            Self::HttpClient(msg) => write!(f, "HTTP client error: {msg}"),
            Self::Serialization(e) => write!(f, "serialization error: {e}"),
            Self::Protocol(e) => write!(f, "protocol error: {e}"),
            Self::Transport(msg) => write!(f, "transport error: {msg}"),
            Self::InvalidEndpoint(msg) => write!(f, "invalid endpoint: {msg}"),
            Self::UnexpectedStatus { status, body, .. } => {
                write!(f, "unexpected HTTP status {status}: {body}")
            }
            Self::AuthRequired { task_id } => {
                write!(f, "authentication required for task: {task_id}")
            }
            Self::Timeout(msg) => write!(f, "timeout: {msg}"),
            Self::ProtocolBindingMismatch(msg) => {
                write!(
                    f,
                    "protocol binding mismatch: {msg}; check the agent card's supported_interfaces"
                )
            }
        }
    }
}

impl std::error::Error for ClientError {
    fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn std::error::Error + 'static)> {
        match self {
            Self::Http(e) => Some(e),
            Self::Serialization(e) => Some(e),
            Self::Protocol(e) => Some(e),
            _ => None,
        }
    }
}

impl ClientError {
    /// Server-requested retry delay, if this error carries one (a `Retry-After`
    /// header on a `429`/`503`). The retry layer prefers this over its computed
    /// backoff.
    #[must_use]
    pub const fn retry_after(&self) -> Option<std::time::Duration> {
        match self {
            Self::UnexpectedStatus { retry_after, .. } => *retry_after,
            _ => None,
        }
    }

    /// Returns `true` when this is the server's recoverable consumer-lag
    /// signal on a streaming subscription rather than a real failure.
    ///
    /// **Do not stop reading when this is true.** The stream continues, and a
    /// consumer that keeps polling still receives every later event including
    /// the terminal status. Treating it as fatal silently truncates the task:
    ///
    /// ```no_run
    /// # async fn demo(stream: &mut a2a_protocol_client::streaming::EventStream) {
    /// while let Some(event) = stream.next().await {
    ///     match event {
    ///         Ok(ev) => { /* handle */ }
    ///         // Recoverable: note the gap and keep going.
    ///         Err(e) if e.is_stream_lagged() => {
    ///             eprintln!("dropped {:?} events", e.dropped_event_count());
    ///         }
    ///         Err(e) => break, // genuinely fatal
    ///     }
    /// }
    /// # }
    /// ```
    #[must_use]
    pub fn is_stream_lagged(&self) -> bool {
        matches!(self, Self::Protocol(e) if e.is_stream_lagged())
    }

    /// Number of events the server dropped, when this is a consumer-lag
    /// signal (see [`ClientError::is_stream_lagged`]); `None` otherwise.
    #[must_use]
    pub fn dropped_event_count(&self) -> Option<u64> {
        match self {
            Self::Protocol(e) => e.dropped_event_count(),
            _ => None,
        }
    }
}

/// Parses a `Retry-After` header value into a delay.
///
/// Supports the delta-seconds form (`Retry-After: 120`). The HTTP-date form is
/// not parsed (it would require a date-parsing dependency); such headers yield
/// `None` and the client falls back to its computed backoff.
#[must_use]
pub(crate) fn parse_retry_after(headers: &hyper::HeaderMap) -> Option<std::time::Duration> {
    let raw = headers.get(hyper::header::RETRY_AFTER)?.to_str().ok()?;
    let secs: u64 = raw.trim().parse().ok()?;
    // Clamp to a sane ceiling so a hostile/misconfigured header can't park a
    // retry for an absurd duration.
    Some(std::time::Duration::from_secs(secs.min(3600)))
}

impl From<A2aError> for ClientError {
    fn from(e: A2aError) -> Self {
        Self::Protocol(e)
    }
}

impl From<hyper::Error> for ClientError {
    fn from(e: hyper::Error) -> Self {
        Self::Http(e)
    }
}

impl From<serde_json::Error> for ClientError {
    fn from(e: serde_json::Error) -> Self {
        Self::Serialization(e)
    }
}

// ── ClientResult ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

/// Convenience type alias: `Result<T, ClientError>`.
pub type ClientResult<T> = Result<T, ClientError>;

// ── Tests ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests;