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This section covers error handling strategies and common error types in the Agentuity JavaScript SDK.

Error Handling Patterns

Try-Catch Pattern

The most common error handling pattern is to use try-catch blocks in your agent handlers:

const handler: AgentHandler = async (request, response, context) => {
  try {
    // Process the request
    const data = request.data.json;
    
    // Perform operations that might fail
    const result = await processData(data);
    
    // Return successful response
    return response.json({ result });
  } catch (error) {
    // Log the error
    context.logger.error('Error processing request', error);
    
    // Return error response
    return response.json({ 
      error: 'Failed to process request',
      message: error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Unknown error'
    });
  }
};

Error Classification

For more sophisticated error handling, you can classify errors and handle them differently:

const handler: AgentHandler = async (request, response, context) => {
  try {
    // Process the request
    const data = request.data.json;
    
    // Perform operations that might fail
    const result = await processData(data);
    
    // Return successful response
    return response.json({ result });
  } catch (error) {
    // Log the error
    context.logger.error('Error processing request', error);
    
    // Classify and handle different error types
    if (error instanceof ValidationError) {
      return response.json({ 
        error: 'Validation error',
        message: error.message
      });
    }
    
    if (error instanceof ResourceNotFoundError) {
      return response.json({ 
        error: 'Resource not found',
        message: error.message
      });
    }
    
    // Handle unexpected errors
    return response.json({ 
      error: 'Internal server error',
      message: 'An unexpected error occurred'
    });
  }
};

Custom Error Classes

You can define custom error classes to make error handling more structured:

// Custom error classes
class ValidationError extends Error {
  constructor(message: string) {
    super(message);
    this.name = 'ValidationError';
  }
}
 
class ResourceNotFoundError extends Error {
  constructor(resourceId: string) {
    super(`Resource not found: ${resourceId}`);
    this.name = 'ResourceNotFoundError';
  }
}
 
class AuthorizationError extends Error {
  constructor(message: string) {
    super(message);
    this.name = 'AuthorizationError';
  }
}

Error Handling with OpenTelemetry

You can use OpenTelemetry to record exceptions and set span status:

const handler: AgentHandler = async (request, response, context) => {
  return context.tracer.startActiveSpan('process-request', async (span) => {
    try {
      // Process the request
      const data = request.data.json;
      
      // Perform operations that might fail
      const result = await processData(data);
      
      // Set span status to OK
      span.setStatus({ code: SpanStatusCode.OK });
      
      // Return successful response
      return response.json({ result });
    } catch (error) {
      // Record exception in the span
      span.recordException(error as Error);
      span.setStatus({
        code: SpanStatusCode.ERROR,
        message: (error as Error).message
      });
      
      // Log the error
      context.logger.error('Error processing request', error);
      
      // Return error response
      return response.json({ 
        error: 'Failed to process request',
        message: (error as Error).message
      });
    } finally {
      // End the span
      span.end();
    }
  });
};

Error Handling for Storage APIs

Key-Value Storage Errors

When working with the key-value storage API, handle potential errors:

try {
  // Attempt to get a value
  const result = await context.kv.get('user-preferences', userId);
  
  // Process the value
  if (result.exists) {
    const preferences = await result.data.json();
    // Use preferences...
  }
} catch (error) {
  // Handle key-value storage errors
  context.logger.error('Error accessing key-value storage', error);
  // Implement fallback behavior or return error response
}

Vector Storage Errors

When working with the vector storage API, handle potential errors:

try {
  // Attempt to search for vectors
  const results = await context.vector.search('products', {
    query: 'ergonomic chair',
    limit: 5
  });
  
  // Process the results
  // ...
} catch (error) {
  // Handle vector storage errors
  context.logger.error('Error searching vector storage', error);
  // Implement fallback behavior or return error response
}

Debugging Techniques

Logging

Use the logger to help debug issues:

// Set up detailed logging
context.logger.debug('Request received', { 
  trigger: request.trigger,
  payload: request.data.json
});
 
try {
  // Operation that might fail
  const result = await someOperation();
  context.logger.debug('Operation result', result);
} catch (error) {
  context.logger.error('Operation failed', { 
    error: error.message,
    stack: error.stack
  });
}

Tracing

Use OpenTelemetry tracing to debug complex issues:

context.tracer.startActiveSpan('operation-name', async (span) => {
  // Add attributes to help with debugging
  span.setAttribute('input.size', inputData.length);
  span.setAttribute('operation.type', 'processing');
  
  // Add events to mark important points
  span.addEvent('processing-started', { timestamp: Date.now() });
  
  try {
    // Operation that might fail
    const result = await someOperation();
    
    // Add event for successful completion
    span.addEvent('processing-completed', { 
      timestamp: Date.now(),
      resultSize: result.length
    });
    
    return result;
  } catch (error) {
    // Record the exception
    span.recordException(error);
    throw error;
  } finally {
    // Always end the span
    span.end();
  }
});

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