fix(core): Improve axios error handling in nodes (#5699)

* fix(core): Improve axios error handling in nodes

* handle axios errors without a response (like when connection fails)

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Co-authored-by: कारतोफ्फेलस्क्रिप्ट™ <aditya@netroy.in>

packages/core/package.json

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     "@types/crypto-js": "^4.0.1",
     "@types/express": "^4.17.6",
     "@types/lodash.get": "^4.4.6",
+    "@types/lodash.pick": "^4.4.7",
     "@types/mime-types": "^2.1.0",
     "@types/request-promise-native": "~1.0.15",
     "@types/uuid": "^8.3.2"
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@
     "flatted": "^3.2.4",
     "form-data": "^4.0.0",
     "lodash.get": "^4.4.2",
+    "lodash.pick": "^4.4.0",
     "mime-types": "^2.1.27",
     "n8n-workflow": "workspace:*",
     "oauth-1.0a": "^2.2.6",

packages/core/src/NodeExecuteFunctions.ts

@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ import {
 	ExpressionError,
 } from 'n8n-workflow';
 
+import pick from 'lodash.pick';
 import { Agent } from 'https';
 import { stringify } from 'qs';
 import type { Token } from 'oauth-1.0a';
@@ -667,23 +668,12 @@ async function proxyRequestToAxios(
 			return body;
 		}
 	} catch (error) {
-		const { request, response, isAxiosError, toJSON, config, ...errorData } = error;
+		const { config, response } = error;
-		if (configObject.simple === false && response) {
-			if (configObject.resolveWithFullResponse) {
-				return {
-					body: response.data,
-					headers: response.headers,
-					statusCode: response.status,
-					statusMessage: response.statusText,
-				};
-			} else {
-				return response.data;
-			}
-		}
 
 		// Axios hydrates the original error with more data. We extract them.
 		// https://github.com/axios/axios/blob/master/lib/core/enhanceError.js
 		// Note: `code` is ignored as it's an expected part of the errorData.
+		if (error.isAxiosError) {
 			if (response) {
 				Logger.debug('Request proxied to Axios failed', { status: response.status });
 				let responseData = response.data;
@@ -693,23 +683,31 @@ async function proxyRequestToAxios(
 						buffer.toString('utf-8'),
 					);
 				}
-			error.message = `${response.status as number} - ${JSON.stringify(responseData)}`;
+
+				if (configObject.simple === false) {
+					if (configObject.resolveWithFullResponse) {
+						return {
+							body: responseData,
+							headers: response.headers,
+							statusCode: response.status,
+							statusMessage: response.statusText,
+						};
+					} else {
+						return responseData;
+					}
 				}
 
-		error.cause = errorData;
+				const message = `${response.status as number} - ${JSON.stringify(responseData)}`;
-		error.error = error.response?.data || errorData;
+				throw Object.assign(new Error(message, { cause: error }), {
-		error.statusCode = error.response?.status;
+					status: response.status,
-		error.options = config || {};
+					options: pick(config ?? {}, ['url', 'method', 'data', 'headers']),
-
+				});
-		// Remove not needed data and so also remove circular references
+			} else {
-		error.request = undefined;
+				throw Object.assign(new Error(error.message, { cause: error }), {
-		error.config = undefined;
+					options: pick(config ?? {}, ['url', 'method', 'data', 'headers']),
-		error.options.adapter = undefined;
+				});
-		error.options.httpsAgent = undefined;
+			}
-		error.options.paramsSerializer = undefined;
+		}
-		error.options.transformRequest = undefined;
-		error.options.transformResponse = undefined;
-		error.options.validateStatus = undefined;
 
 		throw error;
 	}

pnpm-lock.yaml

@@ -404,6 +404,7 @@ importers:
       '@types/crypto-js': ^4.0.1
       '@types/express': ^4.17.6
       '@types/lodash.get': ^4.4.6
+      '@types/lodash.pick': ^4.4.7
       '@types/mime-types': ^2.1.0
       '@types/request-promise-native': ~1.0.15
       '@types/uuid': ^8.3.2
@@ -417,6 +418,7 @@ importers:
       flatted: ^3.2.4
       form-data: ^4.0.0
       lodash.get: ^4.4.2
+      lodash.pick: ^4.4.0
       mime-types: ^2.1.27
       n8n-workflow: workspace:*
       oauth-1.0a: ^2.2.6
@@ -437,6 +439,7 @@ importers:
       flatted: 3.2.7
       form-data: 4.0.0
       lodash.get: 4.4.2
+      lodash.pick: 4.4.0
       mime-types: 2.1.35
       n8n-workflow: link:../workflow
       oauth-1.0a: 2.2.6
@@ -452,6 +455,7 @@ importers:
       '@types/crypto-js': 4.1.1
       '@types/express': 4.17.14
       '@types/lodash.get': 4.4.7
+      '@types/lodash.pick': 4.4.7
       '@types/mime-types': 2.1.1
       '@types/request-promise-native': 1.0.18
       '@types/uuid': 8.3.4