fix: show query failures with retry instead of empty screens

[sridharkalaibala]

What does this change?

Fixes #90. Failed prompt, creator, Saved, Liked, and profile-prompt requests now remain errors instead of becoming successful empty results. Initial failures show a safe retry message, while background refresh failures keep cached cards visible.

The app also gains a render error boundary and a shared accessible page skeleton for protected/loading screens.

Why?

A network or backend failure must not appear as “no prompts,” which can look like lost data. React Query needs the original failure state to retry correctly, while the UI should avoid exposing backend details.

How was it tested?

• Focused recovery tests cover failure, retry, genuine empty results, cached-card preservation, safe error text, page loading states, and the app error boundary.
• The rebased Saved and Liked views stop after the retry error on an initial failure, so they no longer render an empty-state container at the same time.
• npm test: 175 tests across 30 files pass
• npm run lint: passes with 25 existing warnings
• npm run typecheck: passes
• npm run build: passes
• git diff origin/main --check: passes
• Rebased on current main after fix: keep likes, saves and follows consistent with query state #126 and fix: bulk load complete card data across collections #127 merged. Current feed caching, bulk enrichment, and social mutation behavior are preserved.
• This PR contains no schema or migration changes. Hosted CI passes all seven jobs: lint, typecheck, test, build, schema check, migration application, and actionlint.

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• npm run typecheck passes
• npm test passes
• npm run build passes
• No credentials, keys, or .env files are included
• I've read and agree to the CLA in CONTRIBUTING.md

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The application now propagates query failures, displays retryable error states, adds an application error boundary, and replaces authentication loading text with accessible skeletons. Tests cover recovery, cached data, error redaction, and loading behavior.

Changes

Query Failure and Loading Resilience

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Shared resilience primitives and application boundary src/components/AppErrorBoundary.tsx, src/components/PageSkeleton.tsx, src/components/QueryError.tsx, src/App.tsx	Adds the application error boundary, accessible loading skeleton, retryable query error component, and application-level boundary wiring.
Query failure propagation and retry states src/hooks/usePrompts.ts, src/pages/Index.tsx, src/pages/Liked.tsx, src/pages/Profile.tsx, src/pages/Saved.tsx, src/pages/TopCreators.tsx	Query functions now propagate fetch errors. Pages display retryable error states and distinguish failed requests from empty results.
Accessible loading states and resilience validation src/components/routing/ProtectedRoute.tsx, src/pages/Settings.tsx, src/pages/Upload.tsx, src/hooks/usePrompts.errors.test.tsx, src/pages/QueryRecovery.test.tsx	Authentication loading uses PageSkeleton. Tests cover query recovery, retry behavior, cached data, error redaction, and loading states.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Page
  participant ReactQuery
  participant Supabase
  participant QueryError
  Page->>ReactQuery: request query data
  ReactQuery->>Supabase: fetch prompts or creators
  Supabase-->>ReactQuery: return fetch error
  ReactQuery-->>Page: expose error and query state
  Page->>QueryError: render retry alert
  QueryError->>ReactQuery: call refetch
  ReactQuery->>Supabase: retry request

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Failed requests now show retryable errors without misleading empty content, so the change is ready to merge.

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❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 7.14% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 14 functions across 15 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Issue #90 coding requirements are met. Query failures propagate for feed, tag, creator, Saved, Liked, and profile-prompt queries. Affected views show generic retryable errors and retain distinct empty…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes remain within Issue #90. Query handling, error UI, error-boundary recovery, skeleton loading, and related automated tests directly implement the issue objectives. No unrelated change is de…
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the primary change: query failures now show retryable errors instead of empty screens.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains what changed, why it changed, and how it was tested. It includes the relevant validation results and completes most checklist items. It does not confirm issue assignment or th…

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[sridharkalaibala]

Rebased on current main and force-pushed 8af7239. The resolution preserves the merged feed/cache, bulk-card, and social-state work. I also applied the outstanding initial-error guard so Saved, Liked, and Profile show the retry error without an empty-state container, while cached cards remain visible on background refresh failures. Validation: 175 tests pass, lint passes with 25 existing warnings, typecheck passes, build passes, and the diff check passes. Hosted CI now passes all seven jobs, including schema and migrations. The description reflects the rebased scope.

[aashu2006]

This is great @sridharkalaibala , exactly what #90 needed. Errors staying as errors instead of turning into "no prompts", cached cards staying up when a background refresh fails, and retry actually refetching, all 👌 Merging this in.

A couple of small things for a follow-up if you're up for it, no rush:

• AppErrorBoundary: add a componentDidCatch that at least does console.error(error, info). Right now if something crashes while rendering, we show the fallback but the actual error disappears, which makes it hard to debug.
• Retry delay: the QueryClient still uses React Query's default of 3 retries, so the first error only shows after about 7s of skeleton. Dropping it to retry: 1 would make that feel a lot snappier.

Thanks for this one!

[sridharkalaibala]

Thank you for the careful review and merge. I appreciate the follow-up pointers as well.