fix(api): withhold internal failure messages from internal route responses (#7015)

An orchestration result carrying `errorCode: 'internal'` holds whatever text
the fault happened to have — `workflow-lifecycle.ts` catch-alls return
`toError(error).message`, which is the driver's failed SQL. Three application
helpers projected that straight into an `OrchestrationError`, and the internal
route policy rendered its message into a 500 body, so raw SQL reached clients.
The v2 envelope already scrubbed the same failures; internal routes did not.

`messageForOrchestrationError` already encoded the rule and two sites honored
it. The three that hand-rolled it disagreed, and `workflow-vfs` disagreed with
itself: it defaulted the code with `?? 'internal'` but compared the raw
`errorCode` against `'internal'`, so an uncoded failure was classified
internal and still rendered its own message.

Pair the two in `throwOrchestrationFailure` so a code and its message cannot
disagree, and scrub at the internal route boundary as well, matching v2 — no
call site authors a curated `internal` message, so nothing legitimate is
masked, and site N+1 cannot reopen this by forgetting the rule.

Author: waleedlatif1

apps/sim/lib/api/server/routes/internal-json-route.ts

@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@ import {
   InvalidInternalDelegationBindingError,
 } from '@/lib/auth/internal-delegation'
 import type { ApplicationOperation, OperationUseCase } from '@/lib/core/application'
-import { asOrchestrationError, statusForOrchestrationError } from '@/lib/core/orchestration/types'
+import {
+  asOrchestrationError,
+  messageForOrchestrationError,
+  statusForOrchestrationError,
+} from '@/lib/core/orchestration/types'
 import { withRouteHandler } from '@/lib/core/utils/with-route-handler'
 
 export class InternalUnauthenticatedError extends Error {
@@ -142,7 +146,10 @@ export const internalOrchestrationErrorPolicy: InternalErrorPolicy = {
     const classified = asOrchestrationError(error)
     if (!classified) return null
     return internalErrorResponse(statusForOrchestrationError(classified.code), {
-      error: classified.message,
+      error: messageForOrchestrationError(
+        { error: classified.message, errorCode: classified.code },
+        'Internal server error'
+      ),
     })
   },
   unhandled() {

apps/sim/lib/core/orchestration/types.test.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,15 @@
  * @vitest-environment node
  */
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
-import { statusForOrchestrationError } from '@/lib/core/orchestration/types'
+import {
+  messageForOrchestrationError,
+  OrchestrationError,
+  statusForOrchestrationError,
+  throwOrchestrationFailure,
+} from '@/lib/core/orchestration/types'
+
+const RAW_DRIVER_MESSAGE =
+  'insert into "workflow" ("id") values ($1) - duplicate key value violates unique constraint "workflow_pkey"'
 
 describe('statusForOrchestrationError', () => {
   it.each([
@@ -15,3 +23,62 @@ describe('statusForOrchestrationError', () => {
     expect(statusForOrchestrationError(code)).toBe(expected)
   })
 })
+
+describe('messageForOrchestrationError', () => {
+  it('withholds the message of an explicitly internal failure', () => {
+    expect(
+      messageForOrchestrationError(
+        { error: RAW_DRIVER_MESSAGE, errorCode: 'internal' },
+        'Failed to create workflow'
+      )
+    ).toBe('Failed to create workflow')
+  })
+
+  it('withholds the message of a failure carrying no code', () => {
+    expect(
+      messageForOrchestrationError({ error: RAW_DRIVER_MESSAGE }, 'Failed to create workflow')
+    ).toBe('Failed to create workflow')
+  })
+
+  it('returns a classified failure message to the caller', () => {
+    expect(
+      messageForOrchestrationError(
+        { error: 'Workflow name is already taken', errorCode: 'conflict' },
+        'Failed to create workflow'
+      )
+    ).toBe('Workflow name is already taken')
+  })
+
+  it('falls back when a classified failure carries no message', () => {
+    expect(
+      messageForOrchestrationError({ errorCode: 'conflict' }, 'Failed to create workflow')
+    ).toBe('Failed to create workflow')
+  })
+})
+
+describe('throwOrchestrationFailure', () => {
+  it('classifies an uncoded failure as internal without rendering its message', () => {
+    try {
+      throwOrchestrationFailure({ error: RAW_DRIVER_MESSAGE }, 'Failed to update workflow')
+      expect.unreachable('expected throwOrchestrationFailure to throw')
+    } catch (error) {
+      expect(error).toBeInstanceOf(OrchestrationError)
+      expect((error as OrchestrationError).code).toBe('internal')
+      expect((error as OrchestrationError).message).toBe('Failed to update workflow')
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('preserves the code and message of a classified failure', () => {
+    try {
+      throwOrchestrationFailure(
+        { error: 'No such workflow', errorCode: 'not_found' },
+        'Failed to delete workflow'
+      )
+      expect.unreachable('expected throwOrchestrationFailure to throw')
+    } catch (error) {
+      expect(error).toBeInstanceOf(OrchestrationError)
+      expect((error as OrchestrationError).code).toBe('not_found')
+      expect((error as OrchestrationError).message).toBe('No such workflow')
+    }
+  })
+})

apps/sim/lib/core/orchestration/types.ts

@@ -72,6 +72,25 @@ export class OrchestrationError extends Error {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Rethrows a failed orchestration result as its classified {@link OrchestrationError}.
+ *
+ * Pairs the code with the message {@link messageForOrchestrationError} permits for
+ * it, so the two can never disagree. Hand-rolling that pair is what let raw driver
+ * text reach clients: a site that defaulted the code with `?? 'internal'` but then
+ * compared the *raw* `errorCode` against `'internal'` classified an uncoded failure
+ * as internal while still rendering its own message.
+ */
+export function throwOrchestrationFailure(
+  result: { error?: string; errorCode?: OrchestrationErrorCode },
+  fallback: string
+): never {
+  throw new OrchestrationError(
+    result.errorCode ?? 'internal',
+    messageForOrchestrationError(result, fallback)
+  )
+}
+
 /**
  * The {@link OrchestrationError} in `error`'s cause chain, or `null` when the
  * failure is not a classified one.

apps/sim/lib/knowledge/application/folders.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import { AuditAction, AuditResourceType } from '@sim/audit'
 import type { folder } from '@sim/db/schema'
-import { OrchestrationError, type OrchestrationErrorCode } from '@/lib/core/orchestration/types'
+import {
+  OrchestrationError,
+  type OrchestrationErrorCode,
+  throwOrchestrationFailure,
+} from '@/lib/core/orchestration/types'
 import {
   createFolderAtPath,
   deleteFolderByPath,
@@ -49,10 +53,7 @@ export interface DeleteKnowledgeFolderInput {
 }
 
 function throwFolderFailure(result: { error?: string; errorCode?: OrchestrationErrorCode }): never {
-  throw new OrchestrationError(
-    result.errorCode ?? 'internal',
-    result.error ?? 'Folder operation failed'
-  )
+  throwOrchestrationFailure(result, 'Folder operation failed')
 }
 
 export const listKnowledgeFolders = defineAuthorizedKnowledgeUseCase({

apps/sim/lib/workflows/application/transition-result.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/**
+ * @vitest-environment node
+ */
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { OrchestrationError } from '@/lib/core/orchestration/types'
+import { requireWorkflowTransition } from '@/lib/workflows/application/transition-result'
+
+describe('requireWorkflowTransition', () => {
+  it('returns without throwing for a successful transition', () => {
+    expect(() => requireWorkflowTransition({ success: true }, 'Failed')).not.toThrow()
+  })
+
+  it('withholds the raw message a failed lifecycle transition carries', () => {
+    expect(() =>
+      requireWorkflowTransition(
+        {
+          success: false,
+          error: 'duplicate key value violates unique constraint "workflow_pkey"',
+          errorCode: 'internal',
+        },
+        'Failed to create workflow'
+      )
+    ).toThrow('Failed to create workflow')
+  })
+
+  it('preserves a classified failure so the route maps the right status', () => {
+    try {
+      requireWorkflowTransition(
+        { success: false, error: 'No such workflow', errorCode: 'not_found' },
+        'Failed to delete workflow'
+      )
+      expect.unreachable('expected requireWorkflowTransition to throw')
+    } catch (error) {
+      expect(error).toBeInstanceOf(OrchestrationError)
+      expect((error as OrchestrationError).code).toBe('not_found')
+      expect((error as OrchestrationError).message).toBe('No such workflow')
+    }
+  })
+})

apps/sim/lib/workflows/application/transition-result.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-import { OrchestrationError, type OrchestrationErrorCode } from '@/lib/core/orchestration/types'
+import {
+  type OrchestrationErrorCode,
+  throwOrchestrationFailure,
+} from '@/lib/core/orchestration/types'
 
 export function requireWorkflowTransition<
   T extends { success: boolean; error?: string; errorCode?: OrchestrationErrorCode },
 >(result: T, fallbackMessage: string): asserts result is T & { success: true } {
   if (result.success) return
-  throw new OrchestrationError(result.errorCode ?? 'internal', result.error ?? fallbackMessage)
+  throwOrchestrationFailure(result, fallbackMessage)
 }

apps/sim/lib/workflows/application/workflow-folders.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { AuditAction, AuditResourceType } from '@sim/audit'
 import { resolvePrincipalAttribution } from '@sim/auth/principal'
 import type { folder } from '@sim/db/schema'
 import type { OrchestrationErrorCode } from '@/lib/core/orchestration/types'
-import { OrchestrationError } from '@/lib/core/orchestration/types'
+import { OrchestrationError, throwOrchestrationFailure } from '@/lib/core/orchestration/types'
 import { MAX_FOLDERS_PER_WORKSPACE } from '@/lib/folders/constants'
 import { withFolderTreeLock } from '@/lib/folders/locks'
 import {
@@ -73,11 +73,7 @@ function throwFolderMutationFailure(result: {
   error?: string
   errorCode?: OrchestrationErrorCode
 }): never {
-  const code = result.errorCode ?? 'internal'
-  throw new OrchestrationError(
-    code,
-    code === 'internal' ? 'Internal server error' : (result.error ?? 'Folder mutation failed')
-  )
+  throwOrchestrationFailure(result, 'Internal server error')
 }
 
 export async function resolveWorkflowFolderPath(

apps/sim/lib/workflows/application/workflow-vfs.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   asOrchestrationError,
   OrchestrationError,
   type OrchestrationErrorCode,
+  throwOrchestrationFailure,
 } from '@/lib/core/orchestration/types'
 import { generateRequestId } from '@/lib/core/utils/request'
 import {
@@ -246,12 +247,7 @@ function resolveWorkflowSources(
 }
 
 function throwFolderFailure(result: { error?: string; errorCode?: OrchestrationErrorCode }): never {
-  throw new OrchestrationError(
-    result.errorCode ?? 'internal',
-    result.errorCode === 'internal'
-      ? 'Workflow folder mutation failed'
-      : (result.error ?? 'Folder mutation failed')
-  )
+  throwOrchestrationFailure(result, 'Workflow folder mutation failed')
 }
 
 async function reloadFolderIndex(state: WorkflowVfsIndexState, workspaceId: string): Promise<void> {