Many current error responses return generic messages like "internal server error" or "validation failed" without telling the caller what went wrong or how to fix it.
This creates unnecessary back-and-forth in API integrations and makes debugging harder in production.
Proposal: standardize error response format to include:
code: machine-readable error codemessage: human-readable descriptionfield (optional): which field failed validationhint (optional): suggested fix
Example: {"code": "INVALID_TOKEN", "message": "Access token expired", "hint": "Refresh your token at /auth/refresh"}
Many current error responses return generic messages like "internal server error" or "validation failed" without telling the caller what went wrong or how to fix it.
This creates unnecessary back-and-forth in API integrations and makes debugging harder in production.
Proposal: standardize error response format to include:
code: machine-readable error codemessage: human-readable descriptionfield(optional): which field failed validationhint(optional): suggested fixExample:
{"code": "INVALID_TOKEN", "message": "Access token expired", "hint": "Refresh your token at /auth/refresh"}