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Summary

This PR attempts to address Issue #7743 by improving error messages for Code Index configuration issues. Users were receiving generic "Invalid embedder configuration" errors that made it difficult to diagnose what was wrong with their setup.

Changes

Enhanced Error Handling

  • Validation Helpers: Modified to preserve original error details and provide more specific error messages based on error type (connection issues, authentication failures, etc.)
  • Gemini Embedder: Added provider-specific error enhancement with helpful guidance for common issues
  • Service Factory: Improved error context with provider-specific guidance
  • I18n: Added new translations for detailed error messages

Key Improvements

  1. Authentication Errors: Now includes links to relevant documentation (e.g., Google AI Studio for Gemini API keys)
  2. Connection Errors: Provides specific details about what failed (host not found, connection refused, timeout)
  3. Model Errors: Lists supported models when an invalid model is specified
  4. HTTP Status Codes: Includes status codes in error messages for better debugging

Testing

  • Added comprehensive test coverage for all new error scenarios
  • All existing tests pass
  • New tests verify error message enhancement for various failure modes

Example Error Messages

Before: "Invalid embedder configuration. Please review your settings."

After:

  • "Authentication failed (HTTP 401). For Gemini, ensure you have a valid API key from Google AI Studio (makersuite.google.com/app/apikey)."
  • "Model not found (HTTP 404). Supported Gemini models: text-embedding-004 (dimension: 768), gemini-embedding-001 (dimension: 2048)."
  • "Cannot resolve host: generativelanguage.googleapis.com. Please verify the URL is correct and accessible."

Related Issue

Fixes #7743

Testing Instructions

  1. Configure Code Index with an invalid Gemini API key
  2. Observe the detailed error message with guidance on obtaining a valid key
  3. Try with an invalid model name
  4. Observe the error message listing supported models

Feedback and guidance are welcome!


Important

Enhances error messages for Code Index configuration, focusing on Gemini embedder, with detailed diagnostics and comprehensive test coverage.

  • Error Handling Enhancements:
    • GeminiEmbedder in gemini.ts: Enhances error messages for authentication, model, and connection errors with specific guidance.
    • service-factory.ts: Adds provider-specific error context for Gemini, OpenAI, and Ollama.
    • validation-helpers.ts: Improves error message sanitization and handling for various error types.
  • Translations:
    • Adds new error message translations in embeddings.json for detailed diagnostics.
  • Testing:
    • gemini.spec.ts: Adds tests for enhanced error messages, covering authentication, model, and connection errors.

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- Enhanced validation-helpers.ts to preserve original error details
- Added specific error messages for common configuration issues
- Improved Gemini embedder error handling with provider-specific guidance
- Added new i18n translations for detailed error messages
- Updated tests to cover new error handling scenarios

Fixes #7743
@roomote roomote bot requested review from mrubens, cte and jr as code owners September 6, 2025 17:40
@dosubot dosubot bot added size:L This PR changes 100-499 lines, ignoring generated files. bug Something isn't working documentation Improvements or additions to documentation labels Sep 6, 2025
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Reviewing my own code is like debugging in production - technically possible but morally questionable.

result.error.includes("403") ||
result.error.includes("Authentication")
) {
result.error = `${result.error}. For Gemini, ensure you have a valid API key from Google AI Studio (makersuite.google.com/app/apikey) and that it's correctly configured.`
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Is this the best approach for error enhancement? The string matching for "401", "403", "Authentication", "404", and "model" feels a bit fragile. Could we consider using a more structured approach with error codes or types instead of relying on string patterns?

"hostNotFound": "Cannot resolve host: {{url}}. Please verify the URL is correct and accessible.",
"connectionRefused": "Connection refused to {{url}}. Please ensure the service is running and accessible.",
"connectionTimeout": "Connection timed out. Please check your network connection and try again.",
"geminiAuthDetails": "For Gemini, ensure you have a valid API key from Google AI Studio (makersuite.google.com/app/apikey)."
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Should we add placeholder translations or TODO comments for other supported languages? I notice we only updated the English locale file, and it might be easy to forget updating the other language files later.

// Add provider-specific guidance
if (config.embedderProvider === "gemini") {
if (errorMessage.includes("401") || errorMessage.includes("403") || errorMessage.includes("API key")) {
errorMessage +=
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Could this provider-specific guidance potentially duplicate what's already added in the embedder's own validateConfiguration method? For example, GeminiEmbedder already adds similar guidance for authentication errors. Maybe we should check if the error message already contains provider-specific guidance before adding more?

* Extracts URL from error message if present
*/
function extractUrlFromError(errorMessage: string): string | undefined {
// Try to extract URL from common error patterns
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The regex pattern here might miss some edge cases for URL extraction. Would it be worth using a more comprehensive URL pattern or even a dedicated URL parsing library for better reliability?

error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error),
stack: error instanceof Error ? error.stack : undefined,
location: "GeminiEmbedder:validateConfiguration",
modelId: this.modelId,
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Consider adding more specific telemetry event types here. Instead of just capturing a generic CODE_INDEX_ERROR, we could track specific error types (auth_failure, connection_error, model_error) to get better insights into what's failing most often.

@hannesrudolph hannesrudolph added the Issue/PR - Triage New issue. Needs quick review to confirm validity and assign labels. label Sep 6, 2025
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springrider commented Sep 7, 2025

Thanks for the quick update, after tried the branch, I got more info:
"Error starting indexing: Invalid embedder configuration. Please review your settings. (HTTP 400)"

turns out to be a network problem, but not sure which uri returns 400. Because I need VPN to visit google, so I should setup a proxy for this? I have tried to set proxy on vscode settings but no luck.

@daniel-lxs daniel-lxs moved this from Triage to PR [Needs Prelim Review] in Roo Code Roadmap Sep 8, 2025
@hannesrudolph hannesrudolph added PR - Needs Preliminary Review and removed Issue/PR - Triage New issue. Needs quick review to confirm validity and assign labels. labels Sep 8, 2025
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Closing this for now as this doesn't seem the right approach

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