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Problem

transform_http_status_exception handed response.json() straight to MPTAPIError, whose
__init__ calls payload.get(...). An error body that is valid JSON but not an object —
a bare string, null, or an array — made that call raise AttributeError, so the caller lost
the HTTP status entirely and could not branch on it. The payload: dict[str, str] annotation
confirms a non-dict was never intended.

return BadRequest("Invalid filter expression") is idiomatic ASP.NET Core and serializes to a
bare JSON string, so a hand-written collection action answering 400 for invalid RQL reaches
this shape without any misconfiguration.

The streaming error mapping made it worse: raise_streaming_error picks
MPTStreamingNotSupportedError, MPTStreamingNotAcceptableError and
MPTStreamingOverCapError off the status of an MPTHttpError, so a bare-string body on 406
or 413 lost the typed streaming error — and the over-cap detail with it.

The same except json.JSONDecodeError clause also missed UnicodeDecodeError, which
response.json() raises for a body that is not valid UTF-8 (a ValueError, but not a
JSONDecodeError); the fallback response.content.decode() would then have failed the same
way.

Reproduced before the fix, on both read paths:

Error body Paged 400 Streaming 413
"Invalid filter expression" AttributeError AttributeError
null AttributeError AttributeError
[{"code": "x"}] AttributeError AttributeError
ISO-8859-1 body UnicodeDecodeError UnicodeDecodeError
{"detail": "..."} MPTAPIError ✅ MPTStreamingOverCapError ✅
<html>Bad Gateway</html> MPTHttpError ✅ MPTStreamingOverCapError ✅

What changed

mpt_api_client/exceptions.py — decode the body first, catch ValueError so both
JSONDecodeError and UnicodeDecodeError are covered, and build an MPTAPIError only when
the payload really is a dict. Everything else becomes an MPTHttpError carrying the raw
body with undecodable bytes replaced, which is right for a human-readable diagnostic rather
than record data. status_code now survives every body shape.

Tests

Parametrized error-body shapes — object, bare string, null, array, non-JSON, empty, and an
ISO-8859-1 body with a non-breaking space — asserting a typed error and a preserved
status_code:

  • paged path in tests/unit/test_exceptions.py, with an exact type check because
    MPTAPIError would satisfy an isinstance(result, MPTHttpError) check
  • streaming path in tests/unit/http/mixins/test_streaming_mixin.py, across 501, 406 and
    413 on the sync reader plus 413 on the async reader
  • shared cases in tests/unit/conftest.py

Verified the tests reproduce the defect: with the fix reverted, 21 of the new cases fail —
exactly the bare-string, null, array and non-UTF-8 shapes — while the object, non-JSON and
empty shapes pass either way.

Docs

  • docs/architecture.md — when an error becomes MPTAPIError versus MPTHttpError
  • docs/streaming.md — the status, not the body, decides the streaming error type
  • docs/unit_tests.md — tests/unit/conftest.py now also holds shared parametrize cases

Testing

make check-all passes: ruff format --check, ruff check, flake8, mypy,
uv lock --check, and 2744 unit tests. mpt_api_client/exceptions.py is at 100% statement
and branch coverage.

Closes MPT-25030

  • Maps JSON-object bodies to MPTAPIError.
  • Maps all other bodies to MPTHttpError while preserving HTTP status codes.
  • Preserves status-based streaming errors for 406 and 413 responses.
  • Adds coverage for synchronous, asynchronous, paged, and streaming error paths.
  • Updates error-handling and test documentation.

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Learning: In `mpt_api_client/exceptions.py`, `transform_http_status_exception` intentionally uses HTTPX `Response.json()` so detected UTF-8, UTF-16, and UTF-32 JSON objects become `MPTAPIError` and retain structured fields such as `detail`, `title`, and `traceId`. Non-object JSON and bytes that HTTPX cannot decode become `MPTHttpError`, with the HTTP status code preserved. `tests/unit/test_exceptions.py::test_transform_detected_json_encoding` protects this behavior for UTF-16 and UTF-32.

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The change restricts structured MPTAPIError creation to JSON-object bodies. Other bodies produce MPTHttpError instances with preserved status codes. Streaming tests and documentation cover these rules across synchronous and asynchronous paths.

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Error body classification
mpt_api_client/exceptions.py, tests/unit/conftest.py, tests/unit/test_exceptions.py, docs/architecture.md, docs/unit_tests.md
The transformer accepts JSON objects for MPTAPIError. It uses MPTHttpError for non-object JSON, invalid JSON, empty bodies, and invalid UTF-8. It preserves the status code and replaces undecodable bytes during decoding. Shared fixtures and related documentation cover these cases.
Streaming status mapping
tests/unit/http/mixins/test_streaming_mixin.py, docs/streaming.md
Synchronous and asynchronous streaming tests verify typed error mapping and preserved status codes for varied response-body formats. The documentation describes unavailable structured payload members for non-problem+json bodies.

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Error responses using UTF-16 or UTF-32 JSON objects may be classified differently from the intended fallback behavior. This is a bounded error-handling compatibility concern that should be explicitly accepted or resolved before merging.

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transform_http_status_exception handed response.json() straight to
MPTAPIError, whose __init__ calls payload.get(...). An error body that is
valid JSON but not an object - a bare string, null, or an array - made
that call raise AttributeError, so the caller lost the HTTP status
entirely and could not branch on it. The payload: dict[str, str]
annotation confirms a non-dict was never intended. Returning
BadRequest("Invalid filter expression") is idiomatic ASP.NET Core and
serializes to a bare JSON string, so a hand-written collection action
answering 400 for invalid RQL reaches this shape without any
misconfiguration.

The streaming error mapping made it worse: raise_streaming_error picks
MPTStreamingNotSupportedError, MPTStreamingNotAcceptableError and
MPTStreamingOverCapError off the status of an MPTHttpError, so a bare
string body on 406 or 413 lost the typed streaming error and the
over-cap detail with it.

The same except clause also missed UnicodeDecodeError, which
response.json() raises for a body whose bytes do not decode - a
ValueError but not a JSONDecodeError - and the fallback
response.content.decode() would then have failed the same way.

Decode the body first, catch ValueError to cover both decode failures,
and build an MPTAPIError only when the payload really is a dict.
Everything else becomes an MPTHttpError carrying the raw body with
undecodable bytes replaced, which is right for a human-readable
diagnostic rather than record data. The status code now survives every
body shape.

Tests parametrize the error-body shapes - object, bare string, null,
array, non-JSON, empty, and an ISO-8859-1 body - over the paged path and
over 501, 406 and 413 on the sync and async streaming paths; the shared
cases live in tests/unit/conftest.py. A further case pins the UTF-16 and
UTF-32 objects that httpx's encoding detection parses, so the
documented rule matches what the code does. Document the selection rule
in docs/architecture.md and note in docs/streaming.md that the status,
not the body, decides the streaming error type.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Learning: In `mpt_api_client/exceptions.py`, `transform_http_status_exception` intentionally uses HTTPX `Response.json()` so detected UTF-8, UTF-16, and UTF-32 JSON objects become `MPTAPIError` and retain structured fields such as `detail`, `title`, and `traceId`. Non-object JSON and bytes that HTTPX cannot decode become `MPTHttpError`, with the HTTP status code preserved. `tests/unit/test_exceptions.py::test_transform_detected_json_encoding` protects this behavior for UTF-16 and UTF-32.
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Learning: In `softwareone-platform/mpt-api-python-client`, documentation for `mpt_api_client/exceptions.py::transform_http_status_exception` must describe UTF-16 and UTF-32 JSON-object handling as HTTPX compatibility behavior. RFC 8259 §8.1 requires UTF-8 for JSON interchange outside a closed ecosystem; it does not permit UTF-16 or UTF-32 interchange encoding.

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File: mpt_api_client/exceptions.py:292-292
Timestamp: 2026-09-08T16:18:22.682Z
Learning: In `mpt_api_client/exceptions.py`, `transform_http_status_exception` intentionally uses HTTPX `Response.json()` so detected UTF-8, UTF-16, and UTF-32 JSON objects become `MPTAPIError` and retain structured fields such as `detail`, `title`, and `traceId`. Non-object JSON and bytes that HTTPX cannot decode become `MPTHttpError`, with the HTTP status code preserved. `tests/unit/test_exceptions.py::test_transform_detected_json_encoding` protects this behavior for UTF-16 and UTF-32.
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