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bug: notes/databases/[id] GET/PATCH/DELETE 500 on malformed id (missing ObjectId.isValid)

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Dominant language
TypeScript
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Description

Description

src/app/api/notes/databases/[id]/route.ts passes the raw id straight into Mongoose (findOne/findOneAndUpdate/deleteOne({ _id: id, ... })) with no ObjectId.isValid guard and no try/catch — GET (:13-15), PATCH (:36/:78), DELETE (:87-88). A non-ObjectId id throws a Mongoose CastError that is never caught. The sibling row routes already validate (rows/route.ts:14, rows/[rowId]/route.ts:22), confirming the inconsistency.

Failure scenario

GET /api/notes/databases/not-an-id → uncaught CastError500 instead of a clean 404.

Fix

Add the same mongoose.Types.ObjectId.isValid(id) early-return-404 used by the row routes to all three handlers.

Severity

Low-Medium (robustness).

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Research direction

Start in src/app/api/notes/databases/[id]/route.ts and compare its GET, PATCH, and DELETE handlers with rows/route.ts and rows/[rowId]/route.ts, which show the existing validation pattern. Verify that malformed IDs return 404 rather than an uncaught CastError for all three handlers.

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Assessment

Tech stack
mongodb, typescript
Domain
api, backend, database
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
82/100

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