Better error message when submitting answer via web interface

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
ruby
Domain
backend

Research direction

Start by tracing the web submission handling for a zipped answer that lacks a src/ folder. Reproduce the "Sorry but something went wrong" response and identify where this case is converted into an error; done means the interface reports a specific, helpful error for the missing folder.

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Description

easy enhancement lowprio tmc-legacy-course

If zipped arswer has no src/ folder "Sorry but something went wrong" error message is shown

Dominant language
Ruby
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