Metaculus / Metaculus/metaculus
Investigate generic bulletin API errors
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Description
Getting generic "Unexpected Api Error" when fetching bulletins, but no details about what's actually failing.
Sentry: https://metaculus.sentry.io/issues/METACULUS-FRONTEND-1AT (603 events, 74 users)
The error is thrown in src/utils/core/fetch/fetch.shared.ts when fetching bulletins:
const apiError = new ApiError(response, errorData);
But we're not getting enough context to know if this is:
- Backend API returning errors
- Network timeouts
- Rate limiting
- Something else
Need better logging/error details to diagnose the root cause.
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