@hef2024/llmasaservice-ui 0.19.0 → 0.20.0

package/docs/CHANGELOG-ERROR-HANDLING.md

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+# Changelog: Error Handling for 413 and Network Errors
+
+**Date**: December 15, 2025
+**Version**: 0.19.2 (proposed)
+
+## Summary
+
+Implemented comprehensive error handling for 413 (Content Too Large) errors and other network failures across all chat components. Previously, these errors resulted in silent failures with the UI stuck in a "thinking" state. Now, users receive clear, actionable feedback with graceful error recovery.
+
+## Changes Made
+
+### 1. AIChatPanel.tsx
+
+**Added:**
+- Error state management: `const [error, setError] = useState<{ message: string; code?: string } | null>(null)`
+- Error extraction from useLLM hook: `const llmError = (llmResult as any).error || null`
+- Error monitoring useEffect to detect and categorize errors
+- Error clearing in `continueChat()` function
+- Error clearing in `handleNewConversation()` function
+- Error banner UI component with dismiss functionality
+- Alert and Close icon components
+
+**Key Code Additions:**
+
+```typescript
+// Error monitoring
+useEffect(() => {
+  if (llmError) {
+    const errorMessage = typeof llmError === 'string' ? llmError : llmError.message || 'An error occurred';
+    
+    if (errorMessage.includes('413') || errorMessage.toLowerCase().includes('content too large')) {
+      setError({
+        message: 'The context is too large to process. Please start a new conversation or reduce the amount of context.',
+        code: '413',
+      });
+    }
+    // ... other error handling
+    setIsLoading(false);
+  }
+}, [llmError, lastKey, lastCallId]);
+```
+
+### 2. AIChatPanel.css
+
+**Added:**
+- `.error-banner` - Main error banner container
+- `.error-banner__icon` - Alert icon styling
+- `.error-banner__content` - Content container
+- `.error-banner__message` - Main error message
+- `.error-banner__hint` - Additional hint text
+- `.error-banner__close` - Dismiss button
+- `@keyframes slideDown` - Smooth entrance animation
+- Dark theme variants for all error banner styles
+
+### 3. ChatPanel.tsx
+
+**Added:**
+- Error state management: `const [error, setError] = useState<{ message: string; code?: string } | null>(null)`
+- Error extraction from useLLM hook: `const llmError = (llmResult as any).error || null`
+- Error monitoring useEffect (same logic as AIChatPanel)
+- Error clearing in `continueChat()` function
+- Error clearing in reset conversation handler
+- Error banner UI component with inline SVG icons
+
+### 4. ChatPanel.css
+
+**Added:**
+- Complete error banner styling (same as AIChatPanel.css)
+- SVG icon sizing for inline icons
+- Dark theme support
+- Slide-down animation
+
+### 5. Documentation
+
+**Created:**
+- `docs/ERROR-HANDLING-413.md` - Comprehensive documentation
+- `docs/CHANGELOG-ERROR-HANDLING.md` - This file
+
+## Error Types Handled
+
+1. **413 Content Too Large**
+   - Clear message about context size
+   - Actionable hint to start new conversation
+   - Most common error for long conversations
+
+2. **Network Errors**
+   - Generic network failure detection
+   - Suggests checking connection
+   - Covers fetch failures, timeouts, etc.
+
+3. **Unknown Errors**
+   - Displays original error message
+   - Graceful fallback for unexpected errors
+
+## UI/UX Improvements
+
+### Before
+- Error only visible in console
+- UI stuck in "thinking" state
+- Stop button remains visible
+- No user feedback
+- No way to recover except refresh
+
+### After
+- Prominent error banner at top of chat
+- Clear, user-friendly error messages
+- Contextual hints for recovery
+- Automatic state reset (loading cleared, send button restored)
+- Dismissible error banner
+- Errors cleared on new message or conversation
+- Smooth animations
+- Full theme support
+
+## Technical Details
+
+### Error Detection Strategy
+
+Since the `llmasaservice-client` package handles the actual HTTP requests, we monitor the `error` property it exposes (if available) through the `useLLM` hook. The error is parsed to determine the type and appropriate user-facing message.
+
+### State Management
+
+- Error state is independent of loading state
+- Errors automatically clear on new operations
+- Loading state is properly reset when errors occur
+- No stale error messages between conversations
+
+### Component Hierarchy
+
+```
+AIAgentPanel (wrapper)
+  └─ AIChatPanel (contains error handling)
+
+ChatPanel (standalone, also contains error handling)
+```
+
+Both components implement identical error handling independently.
+
+## Breaking Changes
+
+**None.** This is a backward-compatible enhancement that adds error handling without modifying any existing APIs or props.
+
+## Testing Recommendations
+
+1. **Manual Testing**
+   - Trigger 413 by creating very long conversation
+   - Verify error banner appears
+   - Verify message clarity
+   - Test dismiss functionality
+   - Test error clearing on new conversation
+   - Test in both light and dark themes
+
+2. **Integration Testing**
+   - Mock `useLLM` hook errors
+   - Verify error states transition correctly
+   - Verify loading states reset properly
+
+3. **Accessibility Testing**
+   - Verify error banner is keyboard accessible
+   - Verify dismiss button has proper aria-label
+   - Test with screen readers
+
+## Migration Guide
+
+**For existing implementations:** No changes required. Error handling is automatic and transparent.
+
+**For custom error handling:** If you've implemented custom error handling, you may want to:
+1. Remove custom error detection code
+2. Rely on the built-in error banner
+3. Or hide the built-in banner and use your own (via CSS)
+
+## Performance Impact
+
+- Minimal: One additional useEffect per component
+- No impact on render performance
+- Error detection only runs when errors occur
+- Animations are CSS-based (GPU accelerated)
+
+## Browser Compatibility
+
+- Modern browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge)
+- CSS animations supported in all target browsers
+- Flexbox layout widely supported
+
+## Future Enhancements
+
+See `docs/ERROR-HANDLING-413.md` for proposed future improvements including:
+- Automatic context trimming
+- Token counter
+- Retry logic
+- Rate limit handling
+- Error analytics
+
+## Files Modified
+
+- `src/AIChatPanel.tsx` (added error handling)
+- `src/AIChatPanel.css` (added error banner styles)
+- `src/ChatPanel.tsx` (added error handling)
+- `src/ChatPanel.css` (added error banner styles)
+- `docs/ERROR-HANDLING-413.md` (new documentation)
+- `docs/CHANGELOG-ERROR-HANDLING.md` (this file)
+
+## Commit Message (Suggested)
+
+```
+feat: Add graceful error handling for 413 and network errors
+
+Implements comprehensive error handling across AIChatPanel and ChatPanel:
+
+- Detect 413 Content Too Large errors from backend
+- Display user-friendly error banners with clear messages
+- Provide actionable hints for recovery (e.g., start new conversation)
+- Handle network errors and generic failures
+- Auto-clear errors on new messages/conversations
+- Support light and dark themes
+- Add smooth animations
+- Properly reset UI state on errors
+
+Fixes issue where UI would remain in "thinking" state after
+failed requests, with errors only visible in console.
+
+Components updated:
+- AIChatPanel.tsx / AIChatPanel.css
+- ChatPanel.tsx / ChatPanel.css
+
+Closes: Issue about silent 413 failures
+```
+
+## Review Checklist
+
+- [x] Error detection implemented
+- [x] Error messages are user-friendly
+- [x] UI state properly reset on errors
+- [x] Error clearing works correctly
+- [x] Dismissible error banner
+- [x] Dark theme support
+- [x] Animations smooth
+- [x] No linting errors
+- [x] Documentation complete
+- [ ] Manual testing completed
+- [ ] Integration testing added (if applicable)
+- [ ] Accessibility verified
+
+## Questions or Issues?
+
+For questions about this implementation, see:
+- `docs/ERROR-HANDLING-413.md` - Detailed technical documentation
+- GitHub Issues - Report bugs or request enhancements

package/docs/ERROR-HANDLING-413.md

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+# 413 Error Handling Implementation
+
+## Overview
+
+This document describes the implementation of graceful error handling for 413 (Content Too Large) errors and other network errors in the chat components.
+
+## Problem
+
+When the context (conversation history + user input) becomes too large, the backend returns a 413 "Content Too Large" HTTP error. Previously, this error was:
+
+1. Only visible in the browser console
+2. Left the UI in a "thinking" state with the stop button showing
+3. Provided no user feedback about what went wrong
+4. Required manual intervention to recover
+
+## Solution
+
+We implemented comprehensive error handling across all chat components:
+
+### Components Updated
+
+1. **AIChatPanel.tsx** - Modern shadcn-style chat component
+2. **ChatPanel.tsx** - Legacy chat component
+3. **AIChatPanel.css** - Styles for error banner
+4. **ChatPanel.css** - Styles for error banner
+
+### Features
+
+#### 1. Error Detection
+
+- Monitors the `error` property from the `useLLM` hook
+- Detects specific error types:
+  - 413 Content Too Large
+  - Network errors
+  - Generic errors
+
+#### 2. Error Display
+
+- **Error Banner**: Displays at the top of the chat panel
+- **User-Friendly Messages**: Clear explanation of what went wrong
+- **Contextual Hints**: For 413 errors, suggests starting a new conversation
+- **Dismissible**: Users can close the error banner with an X button
+- **Theme Support**: Works in both light and dark themes
+- **Animations**: Smooth slide-down animation
+
+#### 3. State Management
+
+- Automatically resets loading state on error
+- Stops showing "thinking" indicator
+- Reverts stop button back to send button
+- Clears error when starting a new message
+- Clears error when starting a new conversation
+
+### Error Messages
+
+#### 413 Content Too Large
+
+```
+Message: "The context is too large to process. Please start a new conversation or reduce the amount of context."
+Hint: "Try starting a new conversation or reducing the amount of information being sent."
+```
+
+#### Network Errors
+
+```
+Message: "Network error. Please check your connection and try again."
+```
+
+#### Generic Errors
+
+```
+Message: [Original error message from the API]
+```
+
+## Technical Implementation
+
+### State Management
+
+```typescript
+const [error, setError] = useState<{ message: string; code?: string } | null>(null);
+```
+
+### Error Monitoring
+
+```typescript
+useEffect(() => {
+  if (llmError) {
+    const errorMessage = typeof llmError === 'string' ? llmError : llmError.message || 'An error occurred';
+    
+    if (errorMessage.includes('413') || errorMessage.toLowerCase().includes('content too large')) {
+      setError({
+        message: 'The context is too large to process. Please start a new conversation or reduce the amount of context.',
+        code: '413',
+      });
+    }
+    // ... other error types
+    
+    setIsLoading(false);
+  }
+}, [llmError, lastKey, lastCallId]);
+```
+
+### Error Clearing
+
+Errors are automatically cleared when:
+
+1. Starting a new message (`continueChat`)
+2. Starting a new conversation (`handleNewConversation`)
+3. User dismisses the error banner
+
+### UI Component
+
+```jsx
+{error && (
+  <div className="error-banner">
+    <div className="error-banner__icon">{/* Alert icon */}</div>
+    <div className="error-banner__content">
+      <div className="error-banner__message">{error.message}</div>
+      {error.code === '413' && (
+        <div className="error-banner__hint">
+          Try starting a new conversation or reducing the amount of information being sent.
+        </div>
+      )}
+    </div>
+    <button onClick={() => setError(null)}>{/* Close icon */}</button>
+  </div>
+)}
+```
+
+## Styling
+
+### Error Banner Classes
+
+- `.error-banner` - Main container with flexbox layout
+- `.error-banner__icon` - Alert circle icon (red/warning color)
+- `.error-banner__content` - Text content container
+- `.error-banner__message` - Main error message (bold)
+- `.error-banner__hint` - Additional hint text (lighter)
+- `.error-banner__close` - Dismiss button
+
+### Theme Support
+
+Both light and dark themes are supported with appropriate color adjustments:
+
+**Light Theme:**
+- Background: `#fef2f2`
+- Border: `#fecaca`
+- Text: `#991b1b`
+
+**Dark Theme:**
+- Background: `#7f1d1d`
+- Border: `#991b1b`
+- Text: `#fecaca`
+
+### Animation
+
+The error banner slides down smoothly on appearance:
+
+```css
+@keyframes slideDown {
+  from {
+    opacity: 0;
+    transform: translateY(-8px);
+  }
+  to {
+    opacity: 1;
+    transform: translateY(0);
+  }
+}
+```
+
+## User Experience Flow
+
+### Before Fix
+
+1. User sends a message with large context
+2. Request fails with 413 error
+3. Console shows error (not visible to user)
+4. UI stuck in "thinking" state
+5. Stop button still showing
+6. No indication of what went wrong
+
+### After Fix
+
+1. User sends a message with large context
+2. Request fails with 413 error
+3. Error banner appears at top of chat
+4. Clear message: "The context is too large to process..."
+5. Helpful hint: "Try starting a new conversation..."
+6. Loading state cleared, send button restored
+7. User can dismiss error and start a new conversation
+
+## Testing
+
+### Manual Testing
+
+1. **Test 413 Error**:
+   - Create a very long conversation
+   - Try to send a message
+   - Verify error banner appears
+   - Verify message is clear and helpful
+
+2. **Test Error Dismissal**:
+   - Trigger an error
+   - Click the X button
+   - Verify error banner disappears
+
+3. **Test Error Clearing**:
+   - Trigger an error
+   - Start a new conversation
+   - Verify error is cleared
+
+4. **Test Theme Support**:
+   - Trigger error in light theme
+   - Switch to dark theme
+   - Verify colors are appropriate
+
+### Simulating Errors
+
+To test without actually hitting the 413 limit, you can modify the `llmError` in the useEffect or manually set the error state in browser DevTools:
+
+```javascript
+// In browser console:
+// Find the component and manually trigger error
+document.querySelector('.llm-panel').__reactInternalInstance$...
+```
+
+## Future Enhancements
+
+Potential improvements for future iterations:
+
+1. **Error Retry Logic**: Add a "Retry" button for transient errors
+2. **Context Reduction**: Automatically trim old messages when approaching limit
+3. **Token Counter**: Show token count before sending to prevent errors
+4. **Error Analytics**: Track error rates for monitoring
+5. **Offline Detection**: Detect network connectivity issues proactively
+6. **Rate Limiting**: Handle 429 (Too Many Requests) errors similarly
+
+## Related Files
+
+- `src/AIChatPanel.tsx` - Main chat component implementation
+- `src/AIChatPanel.css` - Chat component styles
+- `src/ChatPanel.tsx` - Legacy chat component implementation
+- `src/ChatPanel.css` - Legacy chat component styles
+- `src/hooks/useConversationStore.ts` - Conversation management
+- `docs/CONVERSATION-STARTING.md` - Related documentation
+
+## Notes
+
+- The error handling works with the external `llmasaservice-client` package
+- Errors are detected by monitoring the `error` property from `useLLM` hook
+- The implementation is consistent across both modern (AIChatPanel) and legacy (ChatPanel) components
+- Error state is properly synchronized with loading state to prevent UI inconsistencies

package/docs/ERROR-HANDLING-SUMMARY.md

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+# Error Handling Implementation - Quick Summary
+
+## What Was Fixed
+
+The 413 "Content Too Large" error that was only visible in the console and left the UI in a broken "thinking" state.
+
+## What Changed
+
+### User-Visible Changes
+
+1. **Error Banner**: Clear, prominent error messages appear at the top of the chat
+2. **Helpful Hints**: Specific guidance for recovery (e.g., "start a new conversation")
+3. **Dismissible**: Users can close the error with an X button
+4. **Auto-Recovery**: UI properly resets - send button returns, loading stops
+5. **Theme Support**: Works beautifully in both light and dark themes
+
+### Error Messages
+
+**Before:** Console only shows:
+```
+POST https://chat.llmasaservice.io/ 413 (Content Too Large)
+Error: Error in fetch. (Error: Network error for service. (413 ))
+```
+
+**After:** User sees a prominent banner:
+```
+⚠️ The context is too large to process. Please start a new conversation 
+    or reduce the amount of context.
+
+    💡 Try starting a new conversation or reducing the amount of 
+       information being sent.
+
+    [✕ Close]
+```
+
+## Files Modified
+
+1. **src/AIChatPanel.tsx** - Added error state, monitoring, and UI
+2. **src/AIChatPanel.css** - Added error banner styling  
+3. **src/ChatPanel.tsx** - Added error state, monitoring, and UI
+4. **src/ChatPanel.css** - Added error banner styling
+5. **README.md** - Added feature to features list
+6. **docs/** - Added comprehensive documentation
+
+## How It Works
+
+```
+User sends message with large context
+              ↓
+Request fails with 413
+              ↓
+useLLM hook reports error
+              ↓
+useEffect detects error type
+              ↓
+Error banner appears with helpful message
+              ↓
+Loading state cleared, send button restored
+              ↓
+User dismisses or starts new conversation
+              ↓
+Error cleared automatically
+```
+
+## Testing
+
+### Manual Test
+
+1. Start a conversation
+2. Continue for many exchanges (build up context)
+3. Send a message that triggers 413
+4. **Expected**: Error banner appears with clear message
+5. Click "New Conversation"
+6. **Expected**: Error clears, fresh start
+
+### Visual Indicators
+
+- ✅ Error banner appears smoothly (slide-down animation)
+- ✅ Red/warning color scheme (light theme)
+- ✅ Dark red scheme (dark theme)
+- ✅ Alert icon on left
+- ✅ Close button on right
+- ✅ Message is bold and prominent
+- ✅ Hint text is lighter/smaller
+- ✅ Stop button changes back to send button
+- ✅ "Thinking..." disappears
+
+## Error Types Covered
+
+1. **413 Content Too Large** - Most common, gets special handling
+2. **Network Errors** - Generic connectivity issues
+3. **Unknown Errors** - Graceful fallback for unexpected issues
+
+## Zero Breaking Changes
+
+- All existing code works unchanged
+- No new required props
+- No API changes
+- Purely additive enhancement
+
+## Next Steps
+
+### Recommended
+
+1. Test manually with a long conversation
+2. Verify error banner appearance
+3. Verify error clearing on new conversation
+4. Test in both themes
+
+### Optional Enhancements (Future)
+
+- Add token counter to prevent errors
+- Add automatic context trimming
+- Add retry button for transient errors
+- Track error rates for monitoring
+
+## Documentation
+
+- **Full Details**: `docs/ERROR-HANDLING-413.md`
+- **Changelog**: `docs/CHANGELOG-ERROR-HANDLING.md`
+- **This Summary**: `docs/ERROR-HANDLING-SUMMARY.md`
+
+## Questions?
+
+The implementation is straightforward:
+- Monitors errors from `useLLM` hook
+- Shows user-friendly banner on error
+- Clears error on new action
+- That's it!
+
+No configuration needed, works automatically! 🎉

package/package.json

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 {
   "name": "@hef2024/llmasaservice-ui",
-  "version": "0.19.0",
+  "version": "0.20.0",
   "description": "Prebuilt UI components for LLMAsAService.io",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "module": "dist/index.mjs",