OpenBankProject / OpenBankProject/OBP-API
When database connection fails, there is no helpful error message
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- Scala
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Description
When the database connection fails, the user should see an error message:
Right now, the error message does not tell the developer that the database is the problem.

Proposed solution:
When the database connection fails
Show an error message that the database connection has failed
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No file, test, or entry point is identified. Start by reproducing a failed database connection and locating the code that currently surfaces its error; done means the resulting message clearly tells the developer that the database connection failed.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- scala
- Domain
- backend, databases
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100