oxidecomputer / oxidecomputer/omicron

`DataStore::sled_upsert` returns a confusing error when upserting a decommissioned sled

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Description

The docs for sled_upsert note that attempting to upsert a decommissioned sled will fail, but the error it returns in such a case is confusing:

InternalError { internal_message: "Unknown diesel error creating Sled called \"d2de48dd-e9b2-4d5f-ac8c-d5ff0a97997d\": Record not found" }

I think the "Record not found" is coming because we filter on the state not being decommissioned, but we should map this to a more descriptive error than "unknown diesel error".

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Research direction

Start in nexus/db-queries/src/db/datastore/sled.rs at the linked sled_upsert code and inspect how a decommissioned sled becomes a Record not found error. Trace the existing error mapping and related datastore behavior; done means the decommissioned-sled case returns a descriptive error instead of an unknown Diesel error.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

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Tech stack
rust
Domain
databases
Issue type
Bug
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3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
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