fix(bluesky): surface real error instead of misleading "auth failed"

When Cloudflare blocks requests to bsky.social or public.api.bsky.app
with a 403, the error was swallowed by a generic except clause and
reported as "Bluesky auth failed" - misleading users into thinking
their credentials were wrong.

Now _create_session() preserves the specific error in _session_error,
and search_bluesky() surfaces it. Cloudflare 403s get a clear message
about network-level blocks. Actual 401s say "Invalid credentials".

Closes #69

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
This commit is contained in:
Matt Van Horn
2026-03-15 22:13:28 -07:00
parent 7ffa508bb4
commit 0c6358ab98
2 changed files with 46 additions and 9 deletions
+22 -6
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@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ DEPTH_CONFIG = {
# Module-level token cache (valid for the lifetime of a single research run)
_cached_token: Optional[str] = None
_session_error: Optional[str] = None
def _log(msg: str):
@@ -40,9 +41,9 @@ def _create_session(handle: str, app_password: str) -> Optional[str]:
app_password: App password from bsky.app/settings/app-passwords
Returns:
Access JWT string, or None on failure.
Access JWT string, or None on failure. Sets _session_error on failure.
"""
global _cached_token
global _cached_token, _session_error
if _cached_token:
return _cached_token
@@ -56,12 +57,24 @@ def _create_session(handle: str, app_password: str) -> Optional[str]:
token = response.get("accessJwt")
if token:
_cached_token = token
_session_error = None
_log("Session created successfully")
return token
_log("No accessJwt in session response")
_session_error = "No accessJwt in session response"
return None
except http.HTTPError as e:
if e.status_code == 403 and e.body and "cloudflare" in e.body.lower():
_session_error = "Cloudflare blocked the request (403 Forbidden). This is a network-level block, not an auth issue. Try a different network or VPN."
elif e.status_code == 401:
_session_error = "Invalid credentials (401 Unauthorized). Check BSKY_HANDLE and BSKY_APP_PASSWORD."
else:
_session_error = f"Session request failed: {e}"
_log(f"Session creation failed: {_session_error}")
return None
except Exception as e:
_log(f"Session creation failed: {e}")
_session_error = f"Session request failed: {type(e).__name__}: {e}"
_log(f"Session creation failed: {_session_error}")
return None
@@ -122,7 +135,8 @@ def search_bluesky(
# Authenticate
token = _create_session(handle, app_password)
if not token:
return {"posts": [], "error": "Bluesky auth failed"}
error_msg = _session_error or "Bluesky session creation failed (unknown error)"
return {"posts": [], "error": error_msg}
count = DEPTH_CONFIG.get(depth, DEPTH_CONFIG["default"])
core_topic = _extract_core_subject(topic)
@@ -145,10 +159,12 @@ def search_bluesky(
)
except http.HTTPError as e:
_log(f"Search failed: {e}")
return {"posts": [], "error": str(e)}
if e.status_code == 403 and e.body and "cloudflare" in e.body.lower():
return {"posts": [], "error": "Bluesky search blocked by Cloudflare (403). This is a network-level block - try a different network or VPN."}
return {"posts": [], "error": f"Bluesky search failed: {e}"}
except Exception as e:
_log(f"Search failed: {e}")
return {"posts": [], "error": str(e)}
return {"posts": [], "error": f"Bluesky search failed: {type(e).__name__}: {e}"}
posts = response.get("posts", [])
_log(f"Found {len(posts)} posts")
+24 -3
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@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ class TestCreateSession(unittest.TestCase):
mock_request.side_effect = Exception("connection refused")
token = bluesky._create_session("user.bsky.social", "app-pw")
self.assertIsNone(token)
self.assertIn("connection refused", bluesky._session_error)
@patch("lib.bluesky.http.request")
def test_returns_none_on_missing_jwt(self, mock_request):
@@ -152,12 +153,32 @@ class TestSearchBlueskyAuth(unittest.TestCase):
self.assertIn("not configured", result["error"])
@patch("lib.bluesky.http.request")
def test_auth_failure_returns_error(self, mock_request):
mock_request.side_effect = Exception("401 Unauthorized")
def test_auth_failure_returns_specific_error(self, mock_request):
mock_request.side_effect = Exception("connection refused")
config = {"BSKY_HANDLE": "user.bsky.social", "BSKY_APP_PASSWORD": "pw"}
result = bluesky.search_bluesky("test", "2026-01-01", "2026-03-09", config=config)
self.assertEqual(result["posts"], [])
self.assertIn("auth failed", result["error"])
self.assertIn("connection refused", result["error"])
self.assertNotIn("auth failed", result["error"])
@patch("lib.bluesky.http.request")
def test_cloudflare_403_returns_network_error(self, mock_request):
from lib.http import HTTPError
mock_request.side_effect = HTTPError("HTTP 403: Forbidden", 403, "<html>Cloudflare</html>")
config = {"BSKY_HANDLE": "user.bsky.social", "BSKY_APP_PASSWORD": "pw"}
result = bluesky.search_bluesky("test", "2026-01-01", "2026-03-09", config=config)
self.assertEqual(result["posts"], [])
self.assertIn("Cloudflare", result["error"])
self.assertIn("network", result["error"].lower())
@patch("lib.bluesky.http.request")
def test_401_returns_credentials_error(self, mock_request):
from lib.http import HTTPError
mock_request.side_effect = HTTPError("HTTP 401: Unauthorized", 401, "")
config = {"BSKY_HANDLE": "user.bsky.social", "BSKY_APP_PASSWORD": "pw"}
result = bluesky.search_bluesky("test", "2026-01-01", "2026-03-09", config=config)
self.assertEqual(result["posts"], [])
self.assertIn("Invalid credentials", result["error"])
@patch("lib.bluesky.http.request")
def test_successful_search_passes_bearer(self, mock_request):