fix: handle get_inbox_ids DM load errors

.changeset/clean-dms-search.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@xmtp/xmtp.chat": patch
+---
+
+fix: avoid reporting handled get_inbox_ids DM load errors

apps/xmtp.chat/src/components/Conversation/LoadDM.tsx

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { useNavigate, useParams } from "react-router";
 import { LoadingMessage } from "@/components/LoadingMessage";
 import { useClient } from "@/contexts/XMTPContext";
+import { isGetInboxIdsRequestError } from "@/helpers/errors";
 import { isValidName, resolveNameQuery } from "@/helpers/names";
 import { isValidEthereumAddress } from "@/helpers/strings";
 import { useSettings } from "@/hooks/useSettings";
@@ -93,8 +94,10 @@ export const LoadDM: React.FC = () => {
 
         navigateToHome("Error loading DM, redirecting...");
 
-        // rethrow error for error modal
-        throw e;
+        if (!isGetInboxIdsRequestError(e)) {
+          // rethrow unhandled errors for error modal
+          throw e;
+        }
       }
     };
 

apps/xmtp.chat/src/helpers/errors.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { isGetInboxIdsRequestError } from "./errors";
+
+describe("isGetInboxIdsRequestError", () => {
+  it("detects get_inbox_ids request errors", () => {
+    expect(
+      isGetInboxIdsRequestError(
+        new Error(
+          'api client error api client at endpoint "get_inbox_ids" has error error sending request',
+        ),
+      ),
+    ).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("ignores other errors", () => {
+    expect(isGetInboxIdsRequestError(new Error("Wrong chain id"))).toBe(false);
+    expect(isGetInboxIdsRequestError("get_inbox_ids")).toBe(false);
+  });
+});

apps/xmtp.chat/src/helpers/errors.ts

@@ -3,3 +3,14 @@ export class ClientNotFoundError extends Error {
     super(`XMTP client is required when ${context}`);
   }
 }
+
+export const isGetInboxIdsRequestError = (error: unknown) => {
+  if (!(error instanceof Error)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    error.message.includes('endpoint "get_inbox_ids"') &&
+    error.message.includes("error sending request")
+  );
+};