From 056f9381de5dbe90243bea409b587b4910050cbf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luca <102960244+Luca-Timo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 01:49:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(slideshow): surface backend error in the live slideshow
 card

Log the failing request (status + body) to the console and show the backend
error message in the toast instead of a generic "Error", so failures are
diagnosable without server log access.
---
 .../components/admin/SlideshowSettingsCard.tsx | 18 ++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/components/admin/SlideshowSettingsCard.tsx b/frontend/src/components/admin/SlideshowSettingsCard.tsx
index 9abc3131..aee40c31 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/admin/SlideshowSettingsCard.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/admin/SlideshowSettingsCard.tsx
@@ -85,8 +85,10 @@ export const SlideshowSettingsCard: React.FC<SlideshowSettingsCardProps> = ({
       setToken(res.show_share_token);
       toast.success(t('slideshow.linkGenerated', 'Slideshow link generated'));
       onChanged?.();
-    } catch {
-      toast.error(t('common.error', 'Something went wrong'));
+    } catch (e: any) {
+      // Surface the real backend reason (the toast otherwise just says "Error").
+      console.error('[slideshow]', e?.response?.status, e?.response?.data || e?.message || e);
+      toast.error(e?.response?.data?.error || t('common.error', 'Something went wrong'));
     } finally {
       setBusy(false);
     }
@@ -102,8 +104,10 @@ export const SlideshowSettingsCard: React.FC<SlideshowSettingsCardProps> = ({
       setToken(null);
       toast.success(t('slideshow.linkDisabled', 'Slideshow link disabled'));
       onChanged?.();
-    } catch {
-      toast.error(t('common.error', 'Something went wrong'));
+    } catch (e: any) {
+      // Surface the real backend reason (the toast otherwise just says "Error").
+      console.error('[slideshow]', e?.response?.status, e?.response?.data || e?.message || e);
+      toast.error(e?.response?.data?.error || t('common.error', 'Something went wrong'));
     } finally {
       setBusy(false);
     }
@@ -141,8 +145,10 @@ export const SlideshowSettingsCard: React.FC<SlideshowSettingsCardProps> = ({
       });
       toast.success(t('slideshow.settingsSaved', 'Slideshow settings saved'));
       onChanged?.();
-    } catch {
-      toast.error(t('common.error', 'Something went wrong'));
+    } catch (e: any) {
+      // Surface the real backend reason (the toast otherwise just says "Error").
+      console.error('[slideshow]', e?.response?.status, e?.response?.data || e?.message || e);
+      toast.error(e?.response?.data?.error || t('common.error', 'Something went wrong'));
     } finally {
       setSaving(false);
     }