Display more information on Submission page about grading issues

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
php
Domain
web-dev

Research direction

Start with the Submission page and the grading-error flow that produces the generic message. Identify what diagnostic information is available for configuration and missing-worker failures; done means students receive clear, actionable details they can pass to instructors.

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Description

Autograding enhancement / feature request

Currently, students get a very generic message of "Something has gone wrong, please contact your instructor" when there is a problem with grading.

This is not helpful to instructors who may struggle to replicate or identify the issue that students are having.
There should be more clear statements of what the problem is on the student side (ex. What part of the config file is broken, what worker was expected that wasn't present, etc.) that allows the student to clearly inform the instructor of the issue.

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