Cross-cutting error-quality initiative: one structured AppError envelope
(stable error_code + message + correlation_id) replacing the current ad-hoc
mix (bare (StatusCode,&str) tuples, per-file ErrorResponse, two JSON envelopes
the dashboard already unions); correlation-id middleware tied to tracing spans
+ response header so a reported id greps the log; contextual error logging with
identifiers + error chain; sweep the 37 server `let _ =` swallows (the pattern
that silently hid migration-005's missing columns); dashboard renders the real
cause + correlation id (drop the hardcoded generic at MachinesPage.tsx:202);
agent logs why/where auth/connection failed (the auth-loop incident gave no
local signal). Phaseable; Large. Parallel RMM request keeps conventions aligned.
Requested by Mike 2026-05-30.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Mike Swanson
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