fix #8371

1 files changed, 40 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/packages/taler-wallet-webextension/src/context/alert.ts b/packages/taler-wallet-webextension/src/context/alert.ts
index 1ae15f1ec..45fc9d9d9 100644
--- a/packages/taler-wallet-webextension/src/context/alert.ts
+++ b/packages/taler-wallet-webextension/src/context/alert.ts
@@ -19,13 +19,14 @@
  * @author Sebastian Javier Marchano (sebasjm)
  */
 
-import { TalerErrorDetail, TranslatedString } from "@gnu-taler/taler-util";
+import { TalerError, TalerErrorCode, TalerErrorDetail, TranslatedString } from "@gnu-taler/taler-util";
 import { ComponentChildren, createContext, h, VNode } from "preact";
 import { useContext, useState } from "preact/hooks";
 import { HookError } from "../hooks/useAsyncAsHook.js";
 import { SafeHandler, withSafe } from "../mui/handlers.js";
 import { BackgroundError } from "../wxApi.js";
-import { useTranslationContext } from "@gnu-taler/web-util/browser";
+import { InternationalizationAPI, useTranslationContext } from "@gnu-taler/web-util/browser";
+import { platform } from "../platform/foreground.js";
 
 export type AlertType = "info" | "warning" | "error" | "success";
 
@@ -102,24 +103,24 @@ export const AlertProvider = ({ children }: Props): VNode => {
     setAlerts((ns: AlertWithDate[]) => ns.filter((n) => n !== alert));
   };
 
+  const { i18n } = useTranslationContext();
+
   function pushAlertOnError<T>(
     handler: (p: T) => Promise<void>,
   ): SafeHandler<T> {
     return withSafe(handler, (e) => {
-      const a = alertFromError(e.message as TranslatedString, e);
+      const a = alertFromError(i18n, e.message as TranslatedString, e);
       pushAlert(a);
     });
   }
 
-  const { i18n } = useTranslationContext();
-
   function safely<T>(
     name: string,
     handler: (p: T) => Promise<void>,
   ): SafeHandler<T> {
     const message = i18n.str`Error was thrown trying to: "${name}"`;
     return withSafe(handler, (e) => {
-      const a = alertFromError(message, e);
+      const a = alertFromError(i18n, message, e);
       pushAlert(a);
     });
   }
@@ -133,24 +134,28 @@ export const AlertProvider = ({ children }: Props): VNode => {
 export const useAlertContext = (): Type => useContext(Context);
 
 export function alertFromError(
+  i18n: InternationalizationAPI,
   message: TranslatedString,
   error: HookError,
   ...context: any[]
 ): ErrorAlert;
 
 export function alertFromError(
+  i18n: InternationalizationAPI,
   message: TranslatedString,
   error: Error,
   ...context: any[]
 ): ErrorAlert;
 
 export function alertFromError(
+  i18n: InternationalizationAPI,
   message: TranslatedString,
   error: TalerErrorDetail,
   ...context: any[]
 ): ErrorAlert;
 
 export function alertFromError(
+  i18n: InternationalizationAPI,
   message: TranslatedString,
   error: HookError | TalerErrorDetail | Error,
   ...context: any[]
@@ -170,14 +175,23 @@ export function alertFromError(
       //HookError
       description = error.message as TranslatedString;
       if (error.type === "taler") {
+        const msg = isWalletNotAvailable(i18n,error.details)
+        if (msg) {
+          description = msg
+        }
         cause = {
           details: error.details,
         };
       }
     } else {
       if (error instanceof BackgroundError) {
-        description = (error.errorDetail.hint ??
-          `Error code: ${error.errorDetail.code}`) as TranslatedString;
+        const msg = isWalletNotAvailable(i18n,error.errorDetail)
+        if (msg) {
+          description = msg
+        } else {
+          description = (error.errorDetail.hint ??
+            `Error code: ${error.errorDetail.code}`) as TranslatedString;
+        }
         cause = {
           details: error.errorDetail,
           stack: error.stack,
@@ -202,3 +216,21 @@ export function alertFromError(
     context,
   };
 }
+
+function isWalletNotAvailable(i18n: InternationalizationAPI, detail: TalerErrorDetail): TranslatedString | undefined {
+  if (detail.code === TalerErrorCode.WALLET_CORE_NOT_AVAILABLE
+    && detail.lastError) {
+    const le = detail.lastError as TalerErrorDetail
+    if (le.code === TalerErrorCode.WALLET_DB_UNAVAILABLE) {
+      if (platform.isFirefox()) {
+        return i18n.str`Could not open the wallet database. Firefox is known to run into this problem under "permanent private mode".`
+      } else {
+        return i18n.str`Could not open the wallet database.`
+      }
+    } else {
+      return (detail.hint ?? `Error code: ${detail.code}`) as TranslatedString;
+    }
+
+  }
+  return undefined
+}