Document the error field on listed posts (public API)

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⚠️ Do not merge until gitroomhq/postiz-app#2119 is deployed

This documents a field the API only returns once that PR (which replaced gitroomhq/postiz-app#1868) is live.

Adds an error property (string, nullable) to the Post schema used by GET /posts in the public API OpenAPI spec. For posts in the ERROR state it holds the error message reported by the platform when it rejected the post (the same message shown in the calendar tooltip), and null when the post did not fail or no curated platform message is available.

Tested locally with mintlify dev: the List Posts page renders the new posts.error field and the response example correctly, with no layout overflow (long example message wraps in the field docs and scrolls within the code block).

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• New Features
  • Post responses now include a nullable error message when a post is in the ERROR state. The message reflects the platform-reported error when available; it is null when the post did not fail or no message is available.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The public OpenAPI Post schema now includes a nullable error field. The field documents platform-reported messages for posts in the ERROR state.

Changes

Post error response contract

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Post schema error property public-api/openapi.json	The Post schema adds a nullable string error property, with documentation and an example for platform-reported failure messages.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Change: Other

Suggested reviewers: nevo-david

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 10e60

API consumers may reject a null error value or receive an old platform failure message after rescheduling a post. Both contract mismatches are localized and should be corrected before relying on this documentation.

Architecture Summary

Architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 10e60

The change affects 1 system.

Changed systems: public-api

Architecture concerns
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Review details

Systems and components

• observed — public-api (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

• observed — Modified behavior in public-api/openapi.json: The Post schema adds a nullable error string, documenting its use for platform-reported messages on ERROR posts and showing an example rejection message.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly describes the main change: documenting the error field on listed posts in the public API.
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⚠️ Outside diff range comments (2)

🟡 Minor · Allow null in Post.error. · openapi.json:2617-2618

public-api/openapi.json:2617-2618
🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Allow null in Post.error.

OpenAPI 3.1.0 does not define nullable. The "type": "string" schema therefore rejects the null value documented for Post.error. Declare both types:

🐛 Suggested fix

-            "type": "string",
-            "nullable": true,
+            "type": [
+              "string",
+              "null"
+            ],

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Review comment at @public-api/openapi.json around lines 2617 - 2618:
Update the Post.error schema to use an OpenAPI 3.1-compatible type declaration
that permits both string and null values, and remove the unsupported nullable
property.

🟡 Minor · Gate error on the post state. · openapi.json:2616-2621

public-api/openapi.json:2616-2621
🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Gate error on the post state.

When a caller reschedules an ERROR post with PUT /posts/:id/date and action: "schedule", the post moves to QUEUE but keeps its stored failure. GET /posts can then return that old message for a queued post. Return the curated error only when state === "ERROR"; keep the stored failure for diagnostics.

Suggested fix

-      .map((post) => ({ ...post, error: this.curatedError(post.error) }))
+      .map((post) => ({
+        ...post,
+        error: post.state === 'ERROR' ? this.curatedError(post.error) : null,
+      }))

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Review comment at @public-api/openapi.json around lines 2616 - 2621:
Update the GET /posts response serialization for the error field so it returns
the curated error only when the post state is ERROR and null otherwise, while
retaining the stored failure for diagnostics.

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Outside diff comments:
Review comments at @public-api/openapi.json:
- Around line 2617-2618: Update the Post.error schema to use an OpenAPI
3.1-compatible type declaration that permits both string and null values, and
remove the unsupported nullable property.
- Around line 2616-2621: Update the GET /posts response serialization for the
error field so it returns the curated error only when the post state is ERROR
and null otherwise, while retaining the stored failure for diagnostics.

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