From bd8c5457cc4c97a89744bd6cdc45b9163f66d649 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Naomi Carrigan <commits@nhcarrigan.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2025 17:09:41 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] chore: better responses on failure

---
 server/src/modules/announceOnDiscord.ts | 6 +++---
 server/src/modules/announceOnForum.ts   | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server/src/modules/announceOnDiscord.ts b/server/src/modules/announceOnDiscord.ts
index 0f6afa0..5262716 100644
--- a/server/src/modules/announceOnDiscord.ts
+++ b/server/src/modules/announceOnDiscord.ts
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ export const announceOnDiscord = async(
     },
   );
   if (messageRequest.status !== 200) {
-    return "Failed to send message to Discord.";
+    return `Failed to send message to Discord. Status: ${messageRequest.status.toString()} ${messageRequest.statusText}`;
   }
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/consistent-type-assertions -- fetch does not accept generics.
   const message = await messageRequest.json() as { id?: string };
   if (message.id === undefined) {
-    return "Failed to parse message ID, cannot crosspost.";
+    return `Failed to parse message ID, cannot crosspost. ${JSON.stringify(message)}`;
   }
   const crosspostRequest = await fetch(
     `https://discord.com/api/v10/channels/${channelIds[type]}/messages/${message.id}/crosspost`,
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export const announceOnDiscord = async(
     },
   );
   if (!crosspostRequest.ok) {
-    return "Failed to crosspost message to Discord.";
+    return `Failed to crosspost message to Discord. Status: ${crosspostRequest.status.toString()} ${crosspostRequest.statusText}`;
   }
   return "Successfully sent and published message to Discord.";
 };
diff --git a/server/src/modules/announceOnForum.ts b/server/src/modules/announceOnForum.ts
index a4a5b9a..74ad893 100644
--- a/server/src/modules/announceOnForum.ts
+++ b/server/src/modules/announceOnForum.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export const announceOnForum = async(
     },
   );
   if (forumRequest.status !== 200) {
-    return "Failed to send message to forum.";
+    return `Failed to send message to forum. Status: ${forumRequest.status.toString()} ${forumRequest.statusText}`;
   }
   return "Successfully sent message to forum.";
 };