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Audit follow-up: UVE quick-edit panel spins forever when content-type fetch fails

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Description

Parent epic: #36004

Finding

withContentTypeCache.ts reportedly handles content-type fetch failure with catchError -> EMPTY and no error state.

Report reference: dotcms-ui/src/app/portlets/edit-ema/shared/stores/withContentTypeCache.ts:45-52

Potential impact

The UVE quick-edit panel can spin forever after a content-type fetch failure instead of showing a recoverable error state.

Suggested validation

Force the content-type fetch used by quick edit to fail and observe loading/error UI state.

Possible fix

Set an explicit error state and stop loading when the fetch fails; surface the error in the quick-edit UI.

Caveat

This was AI-found by Claude from .scratch/audit/REPORT.md. Please perform secondary validation of correctness, severity, and value before actioning.

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Research direction

Start with dotcms-ui/src/app/portlets/edit-ema/shared/stores/withContentTypeCache.ts:45-52 and trace the content-type fetch used by quick edit. Force that fetch to fail, then observe the loading and error UI state. Done means the quick-edit panel stops spinning and surfaces a recoverable error.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
62/100

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