Backport PR jupyter-server#878: Show import error when faiing to load…

… an extension
meeseeksmachine · Jun 16, 2022 · c1de9d9 · c1de9d9
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Showing 1 changed file with 3 additions and 3 deletions.
diff --git a/jupyter_server/extension/manager.py b/jupyter_server/extension/manager.py
@@ -175,10 +175,10 @@ def _validate_name(self, proposed):
         self._extension_points = {}
         try:
             self._module, self._metadata = get_metadata(name)
-        except ImportError:
+        except ImportError as e:
             raise ExtensionModuleNotFound(
-                "The module '{name}' could not be found. Are you "
-                "sure the extension is installed?".format(name=name)
+                "The module '{name}' could not be found ({e}). Are you "
+                "sure the extension is installed?".format(name=name, e=e)
             )
         # Create extension point interfaces for each extension path.
         for m in self._metadata: