a2a_protocol_server/
error.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;
16
17// ── ServerError ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
18
19/// Server framework error type.
20///
21/// Each variant maps to a specific A2A [`ErrorCode`] via [`to_a2a_error`](Self::to_a2a_error).
22#[derive(Debug)]
23#[non_exhaustive]
24pub enum ServerError {
25    /// The requested task was not found.
26    TaskNotFound(TaskId),
27    /// The task is in a terminal state and cannot be canceled.
28    TaskNotCancelable(TaskId),
29    /// Invalid method parameters.
30    InvalidParams(String),
31    /// JSON serialization/deserialization failure.
32    Serialization(serde_json::Error),
33    /// Hyper HTTP error.
34    Http(hyper::Error),
35    /// HTTP client-side error (e.g. push notification delivery).
36    HttpClient(String),
37    /// Transport-layer error.
38    Transport(String),
39    /// The agent does not support push notifications.
40    PushNotSupported,
41    /// An internal server error.
42    Internal(String),
43    /// The requested JSON-RPC method was not found.
44    MethodNotFound(String),
45    /// An A2A protocol error propagated from the executor.
46    Protocol(A2aError),
47    /// The request body exceeds the configured size limit.
48    PayloadTooLarge(String),
49    /// The operation is not supported for the current task state (e.g.
50    /// sending a message to a terminal task, subscribing to a completed task).
51    UnsupportedOperation(String),
52    /// An invalid task state transition was attempted.
53    InvalidStateTransition {
54        /// The task ID.
55        task_id: TaskId,
56        /// The current state.
57        from: a2a_protocol_types::task::TaskState,
58        /// The attempted target state.
59        to: a2a_protocol_types::task::TaskState,
60    },
61    /// The server is at a configured resource limit (e.g. the
62    /// `max_concurrent_streams` cap) and transiently cannot accept the request.
63    /// Clients should back off and retry. Maps to gRPC `RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED`.
64    Overloaded(String),
65}
66
67impl fmt::Display for ServerError {
68    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
69        match self {
70            Self::TaskNotFound(id) => write!(f, "task not found: {id}"),
71            Self::TaskNotCancelable(id) => write!(f, "task not cancelable: {id}"),
72            Self::InvalidParams(msg) => write!(f, "invalid params: {msg}"),
73            Self::Serialization(e) => write!(f, "serialization error: {e}"),
74            Self::Http(e) => write!(f, "HTTP error: {e}"),
75            Self::HttpClient(msg) => write!(f, "HTTP client error: {msg}"),
76            Self::Transport(msg) => write!(f, "transport error: {msg}"),
77            Self::PushNotSupported => f.write_str("push notifications not supported"),
78            Self::UnsupportedOperation(msg) => write!(f, "unsupported operation: {msg}"),
79            Self::Internal(msg) => write!(f, "internal error: {msg}"),
80            Self::MethodNotFound(m) => write!(f, "method not found: {m}"),
81            Self::Protocol(e) => write!(f, "protocol error: {e}"),
82            Self::PayloadTooLarge(msg) => write!(f, "payload too large: {msg}"),
83            Self::InvalidStateTransition { task_id, from, to } => {
84                write!(
85                    f,
86                    "invalid state transition for task {task_id}: {from} → {to}"
87                )
88            }
89            Self::Overloaded(msg) => write!(f, "server overloaded: {msg}"),
90        }
91    }
92}
93
94impl std::error::Error for ServerError {
95    fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn std::error::Error + 'static)> {
96        match self {
97            Self::Serialization(e) => Some(e),
98            Self::Http(e) => Some(e),
99            Self::Protocol(e) => Some(e),
100            _ => None,
101        }
102    }
103}
104
105impl ServerError {
106    /// Returns a bounded, low-cardinality discriminant for this error, suitable
107    /// as a metrics/telemetry label.
108    ///
109    /// This is a fixed set of variant names — never the error *message*, which
110    /// embeds client-controlled data (task ids, sizes, URLs). Using the message
111    /// as a metric label lets a caller mint an unbounded number of time series
112    /// (e.g. by requesting many random task ids), exhausting the backend's
113    /// cardinality budget.
114    #[must_use]
115    pub const fn metric_label(&self) -> &'static str {
116        match self {
117            Self::TaskNotFound(_) => "task_not_found",
118            Self::TaskNotCancelable(_) => "task_not_cancelable",
119            Self::InvalidParams(_) => "invalid_params",
120            Self::Serialization(_) => "serialization",
121            Self::Http(_) => "http",
122            Self::HttpClient(_) => "http_client",
123            Self::Transport(_) => "transport",
124            Self::PushNotSupported => "push_not_supported",
125            Self::Internal(_) => "internal",
126            Self::MethodNotFound(_) => "method_not_found",
127            Self::Protocol(_) => "protocol",
128            Self::PayloadTooLarge(_) => "payload_too_large",
129            Self::UnsupportedOperation(_) => "unsupported_operation",
130            Self::InvalidStateTransition { .. } => "invalid_state_transition",
131            Self::Overloaded(_) => "overloaded",
132        }
133    }
134
135    /// Converts this server error into an [`A2aError`] suitable for wire responses.
136    ///
137    /// # Mapping
138    ///
139    /// | Variant | [`ErrorCode`] |
140    /// |---|---|
141    /// | `TaskNotFound` | `TaskNotFound` |
142    /// | `TaskNotCancelable` | `TaskNotCancelable` |
143    /// | `InvalidParams` | `InvalidParams` |
144    /// | `Serialization` | `ParseError` |
145    /// | `MethodNotFound` | `MethodNotFound` |
146    /// | `PushNotSupported` | `PushNotificationNotSupported` |
147    /// | `UnsupportedOperation` | `UnsupportedOperation` |
148    /// | everything else | `InternalError` |
149    #[must_use]
150    pub fn to_a2a_error(&self) -> A2aError {
151        match self {
152            Self::TaskNotFound(id) => A2aError::task_not_found(id),
153            Self::TaskNotCancelable(id) => A2aError::task_not_cancelable(id),
154            Self::InvalidParams(msg) => A2aError::invalid_params(msg.clone()),
155            Self::Serialization(e) => A2aError::parse_error(e.to_string()),
156            Self::MethodNotFound(m) => {
157                A2aError::new(ErrorCode::MethodNotFound, format!("Method not found: {m}"))
158            }
159            Self::PushNotSupported => A2aError::new(
160                ErrorCode::PushNotificationNotSupported,
161                "Push notifications not supported",
162            ),
163            Self::UnsupportedOperation(msg) => {
164                A2aError::new(ErrorCode::UnsupportedOperation, msg.clone())
165            }
166            Self::Protocol(e) => e.clone(),
167            Self::Http(e) => A2aError::internal(e.to_string()),
168            Self::HttpClient(msg) | Self::Transport(msg) | Self::Internal(msg) => {
169                A2aError::internal(msg.clone())
170            }
171            Self::PayloadTooLarge(msg) => A2aError::new(ErrorCode::InvalidRequest, msg.clone()),
172            Self::InvalidStateTransition { task_id, from, to } => A2aError::invalid_params(
173                format!("invalid state transition for task {task_id}: {from} → {to}"),
174            ),
175            // A2A/JSON-RPC define no throttling code, so this surfaces as an
176            // internal (server-side) condition — but with a clear, actionable
177            // message rather than the opaque one the cap path returned before.
178            // The gRPC dispatcher maps it to the more precise RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED.
179            Self::Overloaded(msg) => A2aError::internal(msg.clone()),
180        }
181    }
182}
183
184// ── From impls ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
185
186impl From<A2aError> for ServerError {
187    fn from(e: A2aError) -> Self {
188        Self::Protocol(e)
189    }
190}
191
192impl From<serde_json::Error> for ServerError {
193    fn from(e: serde_json::Error) -> Self {
194        Self::Serialization(e)
195    }
196}
197
198impl From<hyper::Error> for ServerError {
199    fn from(e: hyper::Error) -> Self {
200        Self::Http(e)
201    }
202}
203
204// ── ServerResult ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
205
206/// Convenience type alias: `Result<T, ServerError>`.
207pub type ServerResult<T> = Result<T, ServerError>;
208
209#[cfg(test)]
210mod tests {
211    use super::*;
212    use std::error::Error;
213
214    #[test]
215    fn source_serialization_returns_some() {
216        let err = ServerError::Serialization(serde_json::from_str::<String>("x").unwrap_err());
217        assert!(err.source().is_some());
218    }
219
220    #[test]
221    fn source_protocol_returns_some() {
222        let err = ServerError::Protocol(A2aError::task_not_found("t"));
223        assert!(err.source().is_some());
224    }
225
226    #[tokio::test]
227    async fn source_http_returns_some() {
228        // Get a hyper::Error by feeding invalid HTTP data to the server parser.
229        use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
230        let (mut client, server) = tokio::io::duplex(256);
231        // Write invalid HTTP data and close.
232        let client_task = tokio::spawn(async move {
233            client.write_all(b"NOT VALID HTTP\r\n\r\n").await.unwrap();
234            client.shutdown().await.unwrap();
235        });
236        let hyper_err = hyper::server::conn::http1::Builder::new()
237            .serve_connection(
238                hyper_util::rt::TokioIo::new(server),
239                hyper::service::service_fn(|_req: hyper::Request<hyper::body::Incoming>| async {
240                    Ok::<_, hyper::Error>(hyper::Response::new(http_body_util::Full::new(
241                        hyper::body::Bytes::new(),
242                    )))
243                }),
244            )
245            .await
246            .unwrap_err();
247        client_task.await.unwrap();
248        let err = ServerError::Http(hyper_err);
249        assert!(err.source().is_some());
250    }
251
252    #[test]
253    fn source_transport_returns_none() {
254        let err = ServerError::Transport("test".into());
255        assert!(err.source().is_none());
256    }
257
258    #[test]
259    fn source_task_not_found_returns_none() {
260        let err = ServerError::TaskNotFound("t".into());
261        assert!(err.source().is_none());
262    }
263
264    #[test]
265    fn source_internal_returns_none() {
266        let err = ServerError::Internal("oops".into());
267        assert!(err.source().is_none());
268    }
269
270    // ── Display tests for all variants ────────────────────────────────────
271
272    #[test]
273    fn display_all_variants() {
274        assert!(ServerError::TaskNotFound("t1".into())
275            .to_string()
276            .contains("t1"));
277        assert!(ServerError::TaskNotCancelable("t2".into())
278            .to_string()
279            .contains("t2"));
280        assert!(ServerError::InvalidParams("bad".into())
281            .to_string()
282            .contains("bad"));
283        assert!(ServerError::HttpClient("conn".into())
284            .to_string()
285            .contains("conn"));
286        assert!(ServerError::Transport("tcp".into())
287            .to_string()
288            .contains("tcp"));
289        assert_eq!(
290            ServerError::PushNotSupported.to_string(),
291            "push notifications not supported"
292        );
293        assert!(ServerError::UnsupportedOperation("cannot do this".into())
294            .to_string()
295            .contains("cannot do this"));
296        assert!(ServerError::Internal("oops".into())
297            .to_string()
298            .contains("oops"));
299        assert!(ServerError::MethodNotFound("foo/bar".into())
300            .to_string()
301            .contains("foo/bar"));
302        assert!(ServerError::Protocol(A2aError::task_not_found("t"))
303            .to_string()
304            .contains("protocol error"));
305        assert!(ServerError::PayloadTooLarge("too big".into())
306            .to_string()
307            .contains("too big"));
308        let ist = ServerError::InvalidStateTransition {
309            task_id: "t3".into(),
310            from: a2a_protocol_types::task::TaskState::Working,
311            to: a2a_protocol_types::task::TaskState::Submitted,
312        };
313        let s = ist.to_string();
314        assert!(s.contains("t3"), "missing task_id: {s}");
315        assert!(
316            s.contains("working") || s.contains("WORKING") || s.contains("Working"),
317            "missing from state: {s}"
318        );
319    }
320
321    // ── to_a2a_error mapping tests ────────────────────────────────────────
322
323    #[test]
324    #[allow(clippy::too_many_lines)]
325    fn to_a2a_error_all_variants() {
326        assert_eq!(
327            ServerError::TaskNotFound("t".into()).to_a2a_error().code,
328            ErrorCode::TaskNotFound
329        );
330        assert_eq!(
331            ServerError::TaskNotCancelable("t".into())
332                .to_a2a_error()
333                .code,
334            ErrorCode::TaskNotCancelable
335        );
336        assert_eq!(
337            ServerError::InvalidParams("x".into()).to_a2a_error().code,
338            ErrorCode::InvalidParams
339        );
340        assert_eq!(
341            ServerError::Serialization(serde_json::from_str::<String>("x").unwrap_err())
342                .to_a2a_error()
343                .code,
344            ErrorCode::ParseError
345        );
346        assert_eq!(
347            ServerError::MethodNotFound("m".into()).to_a2a_error().code,
348            ErrorCode::MethodNotFound
349        );
350        assert_eq!(
351            ServerError::PushNotSupported.to_a2a_error().code,
352            ErrorCode::PushNotificationNotSupported
353        );
354        assert_eq!(
355            ServerError::UnsupportedOperation("test".into())
356                .to_a2a_error()
357                .code,
358            ErrorCode::UnsupportedOperation
359        );
360        assert_eq!(
361            ServerError::Protocol(A2aError::task_not_found("t"))
362                .to_a2a_error()
363                .code,
364            ErrorCode::TaskNotFound
365        );
366        assert_eq!(
367            ServerError::HttpClient("x".into()).to_a2a_error().code,
368            ErrorCode::InternalError
369        );
370        assert_eq!(
371            ServerError::Transport("x".into()).to_a2a_error().code,
372            ErrorCode::InternalError
373        );
374        assert_eq!(
375            ServerError::Internal("x".into()).to_a2a_error().code,
376            ErrorCode::InternalError
377        );
378        assert_eq!(
379            ServerError::PayloadTooLarge("x".into()).to_a2a_error().code,
380            ErrorCode::InvalidRequest
381        );
382        let ist = ServerError::InvalidStateTransition {
383            task_id: "t".into(),
384            from: a2a_protocol_types::task::TaskState::Working,
385            to: a2a_protocol_types::task::TaskState::Submitted,
386        };
387        assert_eq!(ist.to_a2a_error().code, ErrorCode::InvalidParams);
388    }
389
390    // ── From impls ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
391
392    #[test]
393    fn from_a2a_error() {
394        let e: ServerError = A2aError::internal("test").into();
395        assert!(matches!(e, ServerError::Protocol(_)));
396    }
397
398    #[test]
399    fn from_serde_error() {
400        let e: ServerError = serde_json::from_str::<String>("bad").unwrap_err().into();
401        assert!(matches!(e, ServerError::Serialization(_)));
402    }
403
404    /// Covers lines 65: Display for Http variant.
405    #[tokio::test]
406    async fn display_http_variant() {
407        use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
408        let (mut client, server) = tokio::io::duplex(256);
409        let client_task = tokio::spawn(async move {
410            client.write_all(b"NOT VALID HTTP\r\n\r\n").await.unwrap();
411            client.shutdown().await.unwrap();
412        });
413        let hyper_err = hyper::server::conn::http1::Builder::new()
414            .serve_connection(
415                hyper_util::rt::TokioIo::new(server),
416                hyper::service::service_fn(|_req: hyper::Request<hyper::body::Incoming>| async {
417                    Ok::<_, hyper::Error>(hyper::Response::new(http_body_util::Full::new(
418                        hyper::body::Bytes::new(),
419                    )))
420                }),
421            )
422            .await
423            .unwrap_err();
424        client_task.await.unwrap();
425        let err = ServerError::Http(hyper_err);
426        let display = err.to_string();
427        assert!(
428            display.contains("HTTP error"),
429            "Display for Http variant should contain 'HTTP error', got: {display}"
430        );
431    }
432
433    /// Covers line 150-152: From<hyper::Error> impl.
434    #[tokio::test]
435    async fn from_hyper_error() {
436        use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
437        let (mut client, server) = tokio::io::duplex(256);
438        let client_task = tokio::spawn(async move {
439            client.write_all(b"NOT VALID HTTP\r\n\r\n").await.unwrap();
440            client.shutdown().await.unwrap();
441        });
442        let hyper_err = hyper::server::conn::http1::Builder::new()
443            .serve_connection(
444                hyper_util::rt::TokioIo::new(server),
445                hyper::service::service_fn(|_req: hyper::Request<hyper::body::Incoming>| async {
446                    Ok::<_, hyper::Error>(hyper::Response::new(http_body_util::Full::new(
447                        hyper::body::Bytes::new(),
448                    )))
449                }),
450            )
451            .await
452            .unwrap_err();
453        client_task.await.unwrap();
454        let e: ServerError = hyper_err.into();
455        assert!(matches!(e, ServerError::Http(_)));
456    }
457
458    /// Covers line 64: Display for Serialization variant.
459    #[test]
460    fn display_serialization_variant() {
461        let err = ServerError::Serialization(serde_json::from_str::<String>("x").unwrap_err());
462        let display = err.to_string();
463        assert!(
464            display.contains("serialization error"),
465            "Display for Serialization should contain 'serialization error', got: {display}"
466        );
467    }
468
469    /// Covers line 123: `to_a2a_error` for Http variant.
470    #[tokio::test]
471    async fn to_a2a_error_http_variant() {
472        use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
473        let (mut client, server) = tokio::io::duplex(256);
474        let client_task = tokio::spawn(async move {
475            client.write_all(b"NOT VALID HTTP\r\n\r\n").await.unwrap();
476            client.shutdown().await.unwrap();
477        });
478        let hyper_err = hyper::server::conn::http1::Builder::new()
479            .serve_connection(
480                hyper_util::rt::TokioIo::new(server),
481                hyper::service::service_fn(|_req: hyper::Request<hyper::body::Incoming>| async {
482                    Ok::<_, hyper::Error>(hyper::Response::new(http_body_util::Full::new(
483                        hyper::body::Bytes::new(),
484                    )))
485                }),
486            )
487            .await
488            .unwrap_err();
489        client_task.await.unwrap();
490        let err = ServerError::Http(hyper_err);
491        let a2a_err = err.to_a2a_error();
492        assert_eq!(a2a_err.code, ErrorCode::InternalError);
493    }
494}
a2a_protocol_server/error.rs

a2a_protocol_server/
error.rs
