[Feature Request]: Improve validation error messages during pipeline deployment
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Description
Issue: Validation Error Message is Not Informative (During Deploy)
Description
When attempting to deploy a pipeline, a validation error may occur. However, the system only displays a generic message:
Validation error
Validation failed
This message does not provide sufficient detail to identify the root cause of the issue, making debugging difficult.
Steps to Reproduce
- Open Transform and Validate in the pipeline.
- Configure transformation logic and input data.
- Click Deploy.
- Observe the error message when validation fails.
Expected Behavior
The validation error message should be descriptive and actionable, especially during deployment. It should include:
- The specific field or configuration causing the error
- The reason for failure (e.g., invalid syntax, missing field, type mismatch)
- (Optional) Suggested fix or guidance
Example:
Validation error:
- Field `key.expression` is invalid
- Reason: JMESPath expression failed to evaluate (missing field `customer_id`)
Actual Behavior
During deployment, only a generic error message is shown:
Validation error
Validation failed
No additional context or debugging information is provided.
Impact
- Makes deployment troubleshooting difficult
- Increases time spent identifying configuration issues
- Leads to trial-and-error debugging
- Degrades developer experience
Suggested Improvement
Enhance validation error reporting during deployment by:
- Providing structured error details (field path + error message)
- Explaining the root cause clearly
- Including optional hints or links to documentation
Additional Context
This issue is particularly problematic when working with:
- JMESPath expressions
- Complex transformation logic
- Nested configurations in pipeline setup
Summary
Validation errors during deployment should provide clear and actionable feedback instead of generic messages. Improving this will significantly enhance usability and efficiency.
Thanks!
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the failure through the Transform and Validate flow and inspect the deployment validation response that produces the generic message. Trace where that response is rendered during Deploy; done means field-level, actionable validation details are shown for the reported failure cases.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- developer-experience
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100