csnover / csnover/TraceKit

error.name missing regularly, contained in message

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Description

I observed that while `error.name` is empty regularly, some browsers prepend it to the message.

E.g. when having

``` js
throw new DOMException("INDEX_SIZE_ERR");
```

Those are the observed values:

**Opera 12.12**
Name: `null`
Message: `Uncaught exception: Error: DOMException: INDEX_SIZE_ERR`

**Android Browser 4.2 + 4.4**
Name: `null`
Message: `Uncaught DOMException: INDEX_SIZE_ERR`

**Edge 12 + 13**
Name: `null`
Message: `DOMException: INDEX_SIZE_ERR`

Or when having this:

``` js
throw new Error('Foo')
```

I saw this in the logs:

**Safari 9**
Name: `null`
Message: `Error: Foo`

I also observed native errors like this:

**Safari 9**
Name: `null`
Message: `TypeError: foo.bar is not a function`

Is there any interest in normalizing this stuff in TraceKit? I think we could parse the names out of the message quite easily using some RegEx magic.

I could implement this if it is something you would include in TraceKit.

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No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by reviewing TraceKit's existing error normalization and comparing the browser examples in this issue; done means consistently extracting or preserving error names without changing unrelated messages, with coverage for the listed DOMException, Error, and TypeError cases.

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Assessment

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

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