Integrated sentry for Simulator

[rzeta-10]

Fixes #4962

Describe the changes you have made in this PR -

Integrated sentry to catch errors in the Simulator

Screenshots of the changes (If any) -

Added a custom route /simulator/trigger_error to check the the capturing of the errors

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Enhanced error handling in the simulator to improve stability and user experience by logging errors and providing clear JSON error responses.

• Chores

  • Maintained existing authentication and access checks without changes.

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Walkthrough

The SimulatorController class has been updated to incorporate error handling for standard exceptions. A rescue_from block has been added to log StandardError exceptions using Sentry and return a JSON response with an error message and a 500 HTTP status code. The existing action callbacks for authentication and access checks remain unchanged, ensuring the current flow is preserved.

Changes

File	Change Summary
app/controllers/simulator_controller.rb	Added rescue_from for StandardError to log errors with Sentry and respond with a JSON error message and 500 status code.

Assessment against linked issues

Objective	Addressed	Explanation
Integrate sentry for Simulator (#4962)	✅

Poem

In the controller, errors may creep,
But now with Sentry, we’ll safely leap.
A JSON response, clear and bright,
Keeping our app robust, day and night! 🐇✨

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app/controllers/simulator_controller.rb (2)

173-176: :warning: Potential issue

Add custom route for error triggering as mentioned in PR objectives

The PR objectives mention adding a custom route /simulator/trigger_error for testing the Sentry integration. However, this route is not present in the current changes.

To fully meet the PR objectives, please add the custom route for error triggering. Here's a suggested implementation:

def trigger_error
  raise StandardError, "This is a test error for Sentry integration"
end

Don't forget to add the corresponding route in config/routes.rb:

get '/simulator/trigger_error', to: 'simulator#trigger_error'

Let's verify if there are any existing error triggering routes:

#!/bin/bash
rg --type ruby 'trigger_error' config/routes.rb app/controllers

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173-176: :hammer_and_wrench: Refactor suggestion

Enhance error handling for improved debugging and client feedback

The addition of Sentry error tracking is a positive step towards better error management, aligning with the PR objectives. However, consider the following improvements:

1. Differentiate between error types to provide more specific error messages to the client. This can help in troubleshooting and improve the user experience.

2. Include error details in the application logs for easier local debugging.

3. Consider whether this global error handling is appropriate for all actions in the controller. Some actions might benefit from more specific error handling.

Here's a suggested improvement:

rescue_from StandardError do |exception|
  Sentry.capture_exception(exception)
  Rails.logger.error("An error occurred: #{exception.message}")
  
  error_message = case exception
  when ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound
    "Resource not found"
  when ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid
    "Validation failed: #{exception.record.errors.full_messages.join(', ')}"
  else
    "An unexpected error occurred"
  end
  
  render json: { error: error_message }, status: :internal_server_error
end

This suggestion provides more specific error messages, logs the error locally, and still captures all errors with Sentry.

To ensure this change doesn't conflict with existing error handling, let's check for any other rescue_from blocks:

✅ Verification successful

Error handling with Sentry successfully implemented

The rescue_from StandardError block is correctly added to app/controllers/simulator_controller.rb, ensuring that all standard errors are captured by Sentry and a consistent error response is returned.

🏁 Scripts executed

The following scripts were executed for the analysis:

Script:

#!/bin/bash
rg --type ruby 'rescue_from' app/controllers

Length of output: 63

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Script:

#!/bin/bash
# Search for 'rescue_from' in simulator_controller.rb
rg --type ruby 'rescue_from' app/controllers/simulator_controller.rb

Length of output: 113

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[tachyons]

Hey @rzeta-10 , You seems to have misunderstood the issue. You can find the simulator code here

[rzeta-10]

@tachyons my bad , working on it

[tachyons]

Feel free to reopen once issue is addressed