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@mattheworiordan mattheworiordan commented Aug 24, 2025

Summary

This PR improves error messages throughout the codebase to be more descriptive and user-friendly, providing clearer guidance on what went wrong and how to resolve issues.

⚠️ This PR is autogenerated as a proof of concept for an RFC
This forms part of the PoC for RFC: Automated Error Documentation System.

Changes

This commit updates error message strings to be more descriptive and user-friendly,
providing clearer guidance on what went wrong and how to resolve issues.

Changes include:
lib/ably/models/message_encoders/cipher.rb | 6 ++++--
lib/ably/modules/conversions.rb | 3 ++-
lib/ably/realtime/client/incoming_message_dispatcher.rb | 3 ++-
lib/ably/realtime/presence.rb | 3 ++-
lib/submodules/ably-common | 0
5 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Benefits

  • Better developer experience with clearer error messages
  • More actionable guidance for debugging issues
  • Consistent error messaging patterns across the SDK

Testing

  • All existing tests continue to pass
  • Error messages have been reviewed for clarity and accuracy

This improvement is part of an ongoing initiative to enhance error messaging across all Ably SDKs and services.

Repository Context

This repository is part of Ably's ecosystem. Here's context about all repositories:

For more context, see: https://github.com/ably/ably-os

This commit updates error message strings to be more descriptive and user-friendly,
providing clearer guidance on what went wrong and how to resolve issues.

Changes include:
lib/ably/models/message_encoders/cipher.rb              | 6 ++++--
 lib/ably/modules/conversions.rb                         | 3 ++-
 lib/ably/realtime/client/incoming_message_dispatcher.rb | 3 ++-
 lib/ably/realtime/presence.rb                           | 3 ++-
 lib/submodules/ably-common                              | 0
 5 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

These improvements are part of an ongoing initiative to enhance error messaging
across all Ably SDKs and services for better developer experience.

For more context, see: https://github.com/ably/ably-os
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