From 4e6b9716d79f3f465b5a483ceb60654362b06bef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mydd <226531072+mydd7@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2026 19:05:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(mcp): surface API error field when message is missing

---
 packages/mcp/src/lib/api.ts | 5 ++++-
 packages/pi/lib/api.ts      | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/mcp/src/lib/api.ts b/packages/mcp/src/lib/api.ts
index d8d702399..20c1b226f 100644
--- a/packages/mcp/src/lib/api.ts
+++ b/packages/mcp/src/lib/api.ts
@@ -22,10 +22,13 @@ const API_TIMEOUT_MS = 60_000;
  */
 async function parseErrorResponse(response: Response, apiKey?: string): Promise<string> {
   try {
-    const json = (await response.json()) as { message?: string };
+    const json = (await response.json()) as { message?: string; error?: string };
     if (json.message) {
       return json.message;
     }
+    if (json.error) {
+      return json.error;
+    }
   } catch {
     // JSON parsing failed, fall through to default
   }
diff --git a/packages/pi/lib/api.ts b/packages/pi/lib/api.ts
index 3dd351fca..1950567c6 100644
--- a/packages/pi/lib/api.ts
+++ b/packages/pi/lib/api.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ function authHeaders(): Record<string, string> {
 
 async function parseErrorResponse(response: Response): Promise<string> {
   try {
-    const json = (await response.json()) as { message?: string };
+    const json = (await response.json()) as { message?: string; error?: string };
     if (json.message) return json.message;
+    if (json.error) return json.error;
   } catch {
     // JSON parsing failed, fall through to status-based message
   }