[tor-bugs] #15178 [Atlas]: Improve Atlas' error messages

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#15178: Improve Atlas' error messages
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     Reporter:  phw          |      Owner:  phw
         Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
     Priority:  minor        |  Milestone:
    Component:  Atlas        |    Version:
   Resolution:               |   Keywords:  easy
Actual Points:               |  Parent ID:
       Points:               |
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Changes (by phw):

 * keywords:   => easy


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:1 karsten]:


 > So, improving the text as you suggest is a fine first step.

 [https://gitweb.torproject.org/atlas.git/commit/?id=70d1636d266ef05acdefcfff257774d2a8625f23
 Done and deployed].


 > But what Atlas should also do is distinguish what error code it gets
 back from Onionoo and display an appropriate error message.  See #8667.
 >
 > A related issue is whether Atlas can somehow become better at deciding
 how old the returned data is and handle outdated data by itself.  Let me
 explain: when Onionoo learns that its data is more than 6 hours old it
 returns an internal server error.  What I'd want to do is remove that
 check and just give out whatever data Onionoo has, together with a
 timestamp.  The client could then decide when to warn the user and when to
 refrain from displaying old data.  Any chance we can do something like
 this?  Happy to create a ticket for this, but it seemed related here,
 which is why I went slightly off-topic.

 Good ideas!  I'll leave the ticket open so I can work on these next---
 unless somebody beats me to it.

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