Better error message to when platform has timeouts

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3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
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35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
typescript
Domain
developer-experience

Research direction

Start by reproducing the upload failure that returns 503 or 504 from GetSubredditInfoByName, then trace where that platform error is surfaced in Devvit. Done means timeout failures show an actionable message indicating that the problem is on the platform side rather than in the developer's code.

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Details

I got "Error: GetSubredditInfoByName HTTP error 504: Gateway Timeout" during my second attempt uploading, and then back to 503 in my third attempt.

Additional info

Discord message: These things could be useful to have noted in devvit itself when the errors occur, like a “looks like an error on our end” message to save devs thinking it’s a change they made in the code

Message author: xenc.

Discord link: https://discord.com/channels/1050224141732687912/1050227353311248404/1292846876252442715

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