a2a_protocol_server/error/
mod.rs

1// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
2// Copyright 2026 Tom F. <tomf@tomtomtech.net> (https://github.com/tomtom215)
3//
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5
6//! Server-specific error types.
7//!
8//! [`ServerError`] wraps lower-level errors and A2A protocol errors into a
9//! unified enum for the server framework. Use [`ServerError::to_a2a_error`]
10//! to convert back to a protocol-level [`A2aError`] for wire responses.
11
12use std::fmt;
13
14use a2a_protocol_types::error::{A2aError, ErrorCode};
15use a2a_protocol_types::task::TaskId;
16use a2a_protocol_types::{AuthRejection, AuthRejectionKind};
17
18// ── ServerError ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
19
20/// Server framework error type.
21///
22/// Each variant maps to a specific A2A [`ErrorCode`] via [`to_a2a_error`](Self::to_a2a_error).
23#[derive(Debug)]
24#[non_exhaustive]
25pub enum ServerError {
26    /// The requested task was not found.
27    TaskNotFound(TaskId),
28    /// The task is in a terminal state and cannot be canceled.
29    TaskNotCancelable(TaskId),
30    /// Invalid method parameters.
31    InvalidParams(String),
32    /// JSON serialization/deserialization failure.
33    Serialization(serde_json::Error),
34    /// Hyper HTTP error.
35    Http(hyper::Error),
36    /// HTTP client-side error (e.g. push notification delivery).
37    HttpClient(String),
38    /// Transport-layer error.
39    Transport(String),
40    /// The agent does not support push notifications.
41    PushNotSupported,
42    /// An internal server error.
43    Internal(String),
44    /// The requested JSON-RPC method was not found.
45    MethodNotFound(String),
46    /// An A2A protocol error propagated from the executor.
47    Protocol(A2aError),
48    /// The request body exceeds the configured size limit.
49    PayloadTooLarge(String),
50    /// The operation is not supported for the current task state (e.g.
51    /// sending a message to a terminal task, subscribing to a completed task).
52    UnsupportedOperation(String),
53    /// An invalid task state transition was attempted.
54    InvalidStateTransition {
55        /// The task ID.
56        task_id: TaskId,
57        /// The current state.
58        from: a2a_protocol_types::task::TaskState,
59        /// The attempted target state.
60        to: a2a_protocol_types::task::TaskState,
61    },
62    /// The server is at a configured resource limit (e.g. the
63    /// `max_concurrent_streams` cap) and transiently cannot accept the request.
64    /// Clients should back off and retry. Maps to gRPC `RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED`.
65    Overloaded(String),
66}
67
68impl fmt::Display for ServerError {
69    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
70        match self {
71            Self::TaskNotFound(id) => write!(f, "task not found: {id}"),
72            Self::TaskNotCancelable(id) => write!(f, "task not cancelable: {id}"),
73            Self::InvalidParams(msg) => write!(f, "invalid params: {msg}"),
74            Self::Serialization(e) => write!(f, "serialization error: {e}"),
75            Self::Http(e) => write!(f, "HTTP error: {e}"),
76            Self::HttpClient(msg) => write!(f, "HTTP client error: {msg}"),
77            Self::Transport(msg) => write!(f, "transport error: {msg}"),
78            Self::PushNotSupported => f.write_str("push notifications not supported"),
79            Self::UnsupportedOperation(msg) => write!(f, "unsupported operation: {msg}"),
80            Self::Internal(msg) => write!(f, "internal error: {msg}"),
81            Self::MethodNotFound(m) => write!(f, "method not found: {m}"),
82            Self::Protocol(e) => write!(f, "protocol error: {e}"),
83            Self::PayloadTooLarge(msg) => write!(f, "payload too large: {msg}"),
84            Self::InvalidStateTransition { task_id, from, to } => {
85                write!(
86                    f,
87                    "invalid state transition for task {task_id}: {from} → {to}"
88                )
89            }
90            Self::Overloaded(msg) => write!(f, "server overloaded: {msg}"),
91        }
92    }
93}
94
95impl std::error::Error for ServerError {
96    fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn std::error::Error + 'static)> {
97        match self {
98            Self::Serialization(e) => Some(e),
99            Self::Http(e) => Some(e),
100            Self::Protocol(e) => Some(e),
101            _ => None,
102        }
103    }
104}
105
106impl ServerError {
107    /// Returns a bounded, low-cardinality discriminant for this error, suitable
108    /// as a metrics/telemetry label.
109    ///
110    /// This is a fixed set of variant names — never the error *message*, which
111    /// embeds client-controlled data (task ids, sizes, URLs). Using the message
112    /// as a metric label lets a caller mint an unbounded number of time series
113    /// (e.g. by requesting many random task ids), exhausting the backend's
114    /// cardinality budget.
115    #[must_use]
116    pub const fn metric_label(&self) -> &'static str {
117        match self {
118            Self::TaskNotFound(_) => "task_not_found",
119            Self::TaskNotCancelable(_) => "task_not_cancelable",
120            Self::InvalidParams(_) => "invalid_params",
121            Self::Serialization(_) => "serialization",
122            Self::Http(_) => "http",
123            Self::HttpClient(_) => "http_client",
124            Self::Transport(_) => "transport",
125            Self::PushNotSupported => "push_not_supported",
126            Self::Internal(_) => "internal",
127            Self::MethodNotFound(_) => "method_not_found",
128            Self::Protocol(_) => "protocol",
129            Self::PayloadTooLarge(_) => "payload_too_large",
130            Self::UnsupportedOperation(_) => "unsupported_operation",
131            Self::InvalidStateTransition { .. } => "invalid_state_transition",
132            Self::Overloaded(_) => "overloaded",
133        }
134    }
135
136    /// The HTTP status the HTTP+JSON binding answers this error with.
137    ///
138    /// §5.4's table ([`ErrorCode::http_status`]) for everything it covers.
139    /// The two arms that remain are the ones §5.4 cannot answer for, because
140    /// A2A has no error code for either: a body over the size limit, and a
141    /// transient resource-limit rejection. Both are transport-level facts
142    /// about this server rather than protocol errors, and `413`/`503` say so
143    /// precisely — `503` is the status a client's retry logic keys on.
144    ///
145    /// One function for both HTTP+JSON dispatchers. `RestDispatcher` went
146    /// through `to_a2a_error()` alone and answered `400` and `500` for these
147    /// two where the axum adapter answered `413` and `503` (audit N20): the
148    /// same binding, two answers, and an overload that told a retrying client
149    /// not to retry.
150    ///
151    /// A credential refusal (N36) answers `401` or `403` whatever its code:
152    /// an OAuth client discards a cached token on `401` and on nothing else.
153    #[must_use]
154    pub(crate) fn http_status(&self) -> u16 {
155        if let Some(rejection) = self.auth_rejection() {
156            return match rejection.kind() {
157                AuthRejectionKind::Unauthenticated => 401,
158                // `PermissionDenied`, and any kind added later: refusing is
159                // the safe reading of a refusal this binding does not know.
160                _ => 403,
161            };
162        }
163        match self {
164            Self::PayloadTooLarge(_) => 413,
165            Self::Overloaded(_) => 503,
166            other => other.to_a2a_error().code.http_status(),
167        }
168    }
169
170    /// The credential refusal this error carries, if any (audit N36). Each
171    /// binding answers it with its own status; see
172    /// [`AuthRejection`](a2a_protocol_types::AuthRejection).
173    #[must_use]
174    pub(crate) const fn auth_rejection(&self) -> Option<&AuthRejection> {
175        match self {
176            Self::Protocol(e) => e.auth_rejection(),
177            _ => None,
178        }
179    }
180
181    /// The canonical status name (`google.rpc.Code`) the HTTP bindings put in
182    /// an AIP-193 error body's `status`, agreeing with
183    /// [`http_status`](Self::http_status) and the gRPC dispatcher's code.
184    #[must_use]
185    pub(crate) fn status_name(&self) -> &'static str {
186        match self.auth_rejection().map(AuthRejection::kind) {
187            Some(AuthRejectionKind::Unauthenticated) => "UNAUTHENTICATED",
188            Some(_) => "PERMISSION_DENIED",
189            None => self.to_a2a_error().code.grpc_status(),
190        }
191    }
192
193    /// The `WWW-Authenticate` value a `401` for this error carries.
194    #[must_use]
195    pub(crate) fn challenge(&self) -> Option<&str> {
196        self.auth_rejection().and_then(AuthRejection::challenge)
197    }
198
199    /// Converts this server error into an [`A2aError`] suitable for wire responses.
200    ///
201    /// # Mapping
202    ///
203    /// | Variant | [`ErrorCode`] |
204    /// |---|---|
205    /// | `TaskNotFound` | `TaskNotFound` |
206    /// | `TaskNotCancelable` | `TaskNotCancelable` |
207    /// | `InvalidParams` | `InvalidParams` |
208    /// | `Serialization` | `ParseError` |
209    /// | `MethodNotFound` | `MethodNotFound` |
210    /// | `PushNotSupported` | `PushNotificationNotSupported` |
211    /// | `UnsupportedOperation` | `UnsupportedOperation` |
212    /// | everything else | `InternalError` |
213    #[must_use]
214    pub fn to_a2a_error(&self) -> A2aError {
215        match self {
216            Self::TaskNotFound(id) => A2aError::task_not_found(id),
217            Self::TaskNotCancelable(id) => A2aError::task_not_cancelable(id),
218            Self::InvalidParams(msg) => A2aError::invalid_params(msg.clone()),
219            Self::Serialization(e) => A2aError::parse_error(e.to_string()),
220            Self::MethodNotFound(m) => {
221                A2aError::new(ErrorCode::MethodNotFound, format!("Method not found: {m}"))
222            }
223            Self::PushNotSupported => A2aError::new(
224                ErrorCode::PushNotificationNotSupported,
225                "Push notifications not supported",
226            ),
227            Self::UnsupportedOperation(msg) => {
228                A2aError::new(ErrorCode::UnsupportedOperation, msg.clone())
229            }
230            Self::Protocol(e) => e.clone(),
231            Self::Http(e) => A2aError::internal(e.to_string()),
232            Self::HttpClient(msg) | Self::Transport(msg) | Self::Internal(msg) => {
233                A2aError::internal(msg.clone())
234            }
235            Self::PayloadTooLarge(msg) => A2aError::new(ErrorCode::InvalidRequest, msg.clone()),
236            Self::InvalidStateTransition { task_id, from, to } => A2aError::invalid_params(
237                format!("invalid state transition for task {task_id}: {from} → {to}"),
238            ),
239            // A2A/JSON-RPC define no throttling code, so this surfaces as an
240            // internal (server-side) condition — but with a clear, actionable
241            // message rather than the opaque one the cap path returned before.
242            // The gRPC dispatcher maps it to the more precise RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED.
243            Self::Overloaded(msg) => A2aError::internal(msg.clone()),
244        }
245    }
246}
247
248// ── From impls ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
249
250impl From<A2aError> for ServerError {
251    fn from(e: A2aError) -> Self {
252        Self::Protocol(e)
253    }
254}
255
256impl From<serde_json::Error> for ServerError {
257    fn from(e: serde_json::Error) -> Self {
258        Self::Serialization(e)
259    }
260}
261
262impl From<hyper::Error> for ServerError {
263    fn from(e: hyper::Error) -> Self {
264        Self::Http(e)
265    }
266}
267
268// ── ServerResult ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
269
270/// Convenience type alias: `Result<T, ServerError>`.
271pub type ServerResult<T> = Result<T, ServerError>;
272
273// ── Tests ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
274
275#[cfg(test)]
276mod tests;
a2a_protocol_server/error/mod.rs

a2a_protocol_server/error/
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