Better Error Messages Than "422 Unprocessable Entity"

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I’ve been running Discourse forums since some time prior to 2018. I can’t believe that we still have “422 Unprocessable Entity” errors. I’m not even talking about when using APIs, but when writing posts, creating automations, creating categories — basically all sorts of things in the web-based interface. These are incredibly non-user-friendly. Could we please have meaningful, potentially helpful, error messages about what exactly the problem is?

How about if I promise home-made (non-poisonous, of course) cookies? :pleading_face: :folded_hands:

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Are these consistently reproducible in your experience? are there specific cases where you see them most often? Are you running any unofficial plugins? If you’re able to show us the specific request in your browser inspector that produced the error it would help significantly!

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What @awesomerobot said - plus are you running an up-to-date Discourse? It’s been a long time since I’ve ever encountered a 422 as a user :thinking:

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