BUG: Supporting-user application lookup failure is logged as unhandled
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- TypeScript
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Description
**Describe the Bug**
A supporting-user application lookup that cannot find a matching student application returns 422 and is emitted as an unhandled exception.
**Expected Behaviour**
The application-not-found validation is handled as an expected client response with appropriate user feedback and without a misleading unhandled-exception error log.
**Actual Behaviour**
The request fails with `UnprocessableEntityException` and `AppAllExceptionsFilter` records it as unhandled.
**Log**
```text
[Nest] 18 - 09/04/2026, 5:27:36 AM LOG [AccessLoggerMiddleware] Request - POST /api/supporting-users/supporting-user/application From [redacted] | User GUID: [redacted] | User Agent: Edge 152 on Windows
[Nest] 18 - 09/04/2026, 5:27:36 AM ERROR [AppAllExceptionsFilter] Unhandled exception, request path: /api/supporting-users/supporting-user/application
{
"stack": "UnprocessableEntityException: Not able to find a Student Application with the provided data.\n at SupportingUserSupportingUsersController.getApplicationDetails (webpack://studentaid-backend/apps/api/src/route-controllers/supporting-user/supporting-user.supporting-users.controller.ts:91:13)",
"response": { "message": "Not able to find a Student Application with the provided data." },
"status": 422,
"message": "Not able to find a Student Application with the provided data.",
"name": "UnprocessableEntityException"
}
```
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Research direction
Start at SupportingUserSupportingUsersController.getApplicationDetails in apps/api/src/route-controllers/supporting-user/supporting-user.supporting-users.controller.ts, then inspect how AppAllExceptionsFilter handles the UnprocessableEntityException. Reproduce the POST /api/supporting-users/supporting-user/application lookup failure and verify that the 422 response gives appropriate feedback without an unhandled-exception error log.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- api, backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 68/100