🚀 Feature Description
Implement a centralized error-handling system across the application, including a React Error Boundary on the frontend and standardized API error responses on the backend services (Express and FastAPI).
💡 Problem Statement
Currently, the application lacks a unified way to handle runtime UI crashes and inconsistent backend error responses.
This leads to:
Poor user experience during failures
Unclear or missing error messages
Difficult debugging and maintenance
What problem does this feature solve? Is your feature request related to a problem?
📋 Proposed Solution
Add a global React Error Boundary to catch component crashes and display a user-friendly fallback UI.
Implement toast/alert notifications for API request failures.
Standardize backend error responses across:
Express.js server
Express.js server
Standard response format example:
{
"success": false,
"message": "Error description",
"code": "ERROR_CODE"
}
🔄 Alternatives Considered
Handling errors individually in each component or route.
However, this approach is repetitive, inconsistent, and harder to maintain compared to a centralized solution.
Describe any alternative solutions or features you've considered.
📸 Mockups/Examples
If applicable, add mockups, wireframes, or examples from other applications.
Example behavior from modern apps:
Friendly “Something went wrong” fallback screen
Toast notification for API failures
Retry option for failed actions
🎯 Acceptance Criteria
📎 Additional Context
Add any other context or screenshots about the feature request here.
🏷️ Component
This improvement will enhance stability, debugging, and production readiness of the Edulume platform while also improving overall user experience.
Which part of the application does this affect?
SWOC 2026 Participants: This could be a great contribution opportunity! Add the swoc2026 label if you'd like to work on this.
🚀 Feature Description
Implement a centralized error-handling system across the application, including a React Error Boundary on the frontend and standardized API error responses on the backend services (Express and FastAPI).
💡 Problem Statement
Currently, the application lacks a unified way to handle runtime UI crashes and inconsistent backend error responses.
This leads to:
Poor user experience during failures
Unclear or missing error messages
Difficult debugging and maintenance
What problem does this feature solve? Is your feature request related to a problem?
📋 Proposed Solution
Add a global React Error Boundary to catch component crashes and display a user-friendly fallback UI.
Implement toast/alert notifications for API request failures.
Standardize backend error responses across:
Express.js server
Express.js server
Standard response format example:
{
"success": false,
"message": "Error description",
"code": "ERROR_CODE"
}
🔄 Alternatives Considered
Handling errors individually in each component or route.
However, this approach is repetitive, inconsistent, and harder to maintain compared to a centralized solution.
Describe any alternative solutions or features you've considered.
📸 Mockups/Examples
If applicable, add mockups, wireframes, or examples from other applications.
Example behavior from modern apps:
Friendly “Something went wrong” fallback screen
Toast notification for API failures
Retry option for failed actions
🎯 Acceptance Criteria
📎 Additional Context
Add any other context or screenshots about the feature request here.
🏷️ Component
This improvement will enhance stability, debugging, and production readiness of the Edulume platform while also improving overall user experience.
Which part of the application does this affect?
SWOC 2026 Participants: This could be a great contribution opportunity! Add the
swoc2026label if you'd like to work on this.