Give me a short checklist for API error handling. I want something I can run before I call the work done.
API error handling, minus the vague advice
Not magic wording, just enough context and a clear definition of done. Easy to adapt.
Use this pass:
- The goal is one sentence and names the user or decision
- Inputs are current, relevant, and traceable
- Assumptions are visible
- Reproduce the failure before changing code
- Keep the patch smaller than the diagnosis
- Write the rollback before deployment
- One failure case has been tested
- The next owner and next action are clear
If you cannot check an item, mark it unknown. Do not quietly treat unknown as done.
Saving this. The unknown-versus-done line catches most of my shortcuts.
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