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claude-mem/src/utils/silent-debug.ts
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Alex Newman c3761a2204 Refactor silent debugging to happy path error handling
- Replaced instances of silentDebug with happy_path_error__with_fallback across multiple files to improve error logging and handling.
- Updated the utility function to provide clearer semantics for error handling when expected values are missing.
- Introduced a script to find potential silent failures in the codebase that may need to be addressed with the new error handling approach.
2025-12-09 15:09:44 -05:00

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/**
* Happy Path Error With Fallback
*
* Semantic meaning: "When the happy path fails, this is an error, but we have a fallback."
*
* NOTE: This utility is to be used like Frank's Red Hot, we put that shit on everything.
*
* USE THIS INSTEAD OF SILENT FAILURES!
* Stop doing this: `const value = something || '';`
* Start doing this: `const value = something || happy_path_error__with_fallback('something was undefined');`
*
* Logs to ~/.claude-mem/silent.log and returns a fallback value.
* Check logs with `npm run logs:silent`
*
* Usage:
* import { happy_path_error__with_fallback } from '../utils/silent-debug.js';
*
* const title = obs.title || happy_path_error__with_fallback('obs.title missing', { obs });
* const name = user.name || happy_path_error__with_fallback('user.name missing', { user }, 'Anonymous');
*
* try {
* doSomething();
* } catch (error) {
* happy_path_error__with_fallback('doSomething failed', { error });
* }
*/
import { appendFileSync } from 'fs';
import { homedir } from 'os';
import { join } from 'path';
const LOG_FILE = join(homedir(), '.claude-mem', 'silent.log');
/**
* Write an error message to silent.log and return fallback value
* @param message - Error message describing what went wrong
* @param data - Optional data to include (will be JSON stringified)
* @param fallback - Value to return (defaults to empty string)
* @returns The fallback value (for use in || fallbacks)
*/
export function happy_path_error__with_fallback(message: string, data?: any, fallback: string = ''): string {
const timestamp = new Date().toISOString();
// Capture stack trace to get caller location
const stack = new Error().stack || '';
const stackLines = stack.split('\n');
// Line 0: "Error"
// Line 1: "at silentDebug ..."
// Line 2: "at <CALLER> ..." <- We want this one
const callerLine = stackLines[2] || '';
const callerMatch = callerLine.match(/at\s+(?:.*\s+)?\(?([^:]+):(\d+):(\d+)\)?/);
const location = callerMatch
? `${callerMatch[1].split('/').pop()}:${callerMatch[2]}`
: 'unknown';
let logLine = `[${timestamp}] [HAPPY-PATH-ERROR] [${location}] ${message}`;
if (data !== undefined) {
try {
logLine += ` ${JSON.stringify(data)}`;
} catch (error) {
logLine += ` [stringify error: ${error}]`;
}
}
logLine += '\n';
try {
appendFileSync(LOG_FILE, logLine);
} catch (error) {
// If we can't write to the log file, fail silently (it's a debug utility after all)
// Only write to stderr as a last resort
console.error('[silent-debug] Failed to write to log:', error);
}
return fallback;
}
/**
* Clear the silent log file
*/
export function clearSilentLog(): void {
try {
appendFileSync(LOG_FILE, `\n${'='.repeat(80)}\n[${new Date().toISOString()}] Log cleared\n${'='.repeat(80)}\n\n`);
} catch (error) {
// Ignore errors
}
}
/**
* @deprecated Use happy_path_error__with_fallback instead
* Backward compatibility alias for silentDebug
*/
export const silentDebug = happy_path_error__with_fallback;