From 68f3b787d0fdeb693b78a00c8563030caae05698 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johannes Millan <johannes.millan@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 12:20:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: handle special characters in IPC errors and skip
 translation

---
 .../error-handler-with-frontend-inform.ts     | 20 ++++++++++++++++++-
 src/app/app.component.ts                      |  1 +
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/electron/error-handler-with-frontend-inform.ts b/electron/error-handler-with-frontend-inform.ts
index c1162b544..d6eaaff9f 100644
--- a/electron/error-handler-with-frontend-inform.ts
+++ b/electron/error-handler-with-frontend-inform.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ function _handleError(
   if (_isReadyForFrontEndError()) {
     mainWin.webContents.send(IPC.ERROR, {
       error: e,
-      errorStr: e && String(e),
+      errorStr: _getErrorStr(e),
       stack,
     });
   } else {
@@ -55,3 +55,21 @@ function _handleError(
     throw errObj;
   }
 }
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line prefer-arrow/prefer-arrow-functions
+function _getErrorStr(e: unknown): string {
+  if (typeof e === 'string') {
+    return e;
+  }
+  if (e instanceof Error) {
+    return e.toString();
+  }
+  if (typeof e === 'object' && e !== null) {
+    try {
+      return JSON.stringify(e);
+    } catch (err) {
+      return String(e);
+    }
+  }
+  return String(e);
+}
diff --git a/src/app/app.component.ts b/src/app/app.component.ts
index 6b7462305..9acb42149 100644
--- a/src/app/app.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/app.component.ts
@@ -304,6 +304,7 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnDestroy, AfterViewInit {
           this._snackService.open({
             msg: errMsg,
             type: 'ERROR',
+            isSkipTranslate: true,
           });
           Log.err(data);
         });