From 83d9c160949485693bf741976ab2512fb8afdcb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JohnDoe6345789 <john.doe6345789@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2025 22:19:16 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add toUserMessage function for user-friendly error
 handling

---
 frontends/nextjs/src/lib/errors/to-user-message.ts | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 frontends/nextjs/src/lib/errors/to-user-message.ts

diff --git a/frontends/nextjs/src/lib/errors/to-user-message.ts b/frontends/nextjs/src/lib/errors/to-user-message.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aaadc79e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontends/nextjs/src/lib/errors/to-user-message.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { formatError } from './format-error'
+
+/**
+ * Convert error to user-friendly message (safe for display)
+ * Strips stack traces and internal details
+ */
+export function toUserMessage(error: unknown): string {
+  const formatted = formatError(error)
+  return formatted.message || 'An unexpected error occurred'
+}