From f64a0350698459e0502495b19675e2f2701d9a38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: siddseethepalli <siddseethepalli@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 22:35:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: preserve Error name/message/stack in log redaction
 serializer

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 gateway/src/log-redact.ts | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gateway/src/log-redact.ts b/gateway/src/log-redact.ts
index fe42c6952bd..89097eeac26 100644
--- a/gateway/src/log-redact.ts
+++ b/gateway/src/log-redact.ts
@@ -86,12 +86,50 @@ function redactValue(value: unknown, depth: number): unknown {
   return value;
 }
 
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Error serialization — extracts non-enumerable Error fields and cause chain
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+function serializeError(err: unknown, depth: number): unknown {
+  if (depth > 8 || err == null) return err;
+
+  if (!(err instanceof Error)) {
+    return err;
+  }
+
+  const serialized: Record<string, unknown> = {
+    name: err.name,
+    message: err.message,
+  };
+
+  if ("code" in err && typeof (err as { code: unknown }).code === "string") {
+    serialized.code = (err as { code: string }).code;
+  }
+
+  if (err.stack) {
+    serialized.stack = err.stack;
+  }
+
+  if (err.cause !== undefined) {
+    serialized.cause = serializeError(err.cause, depth + 1);
+  }
+
+  // Preserve any additional enumerable properties
+  for (const [key, val] of Object.entries(err)) {
+    if (!(key in serialized)) {
+      serialized[key] = val;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return serialized;
+}
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Pino serializers
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 export const logSerializers: Record<string, (value: unknown) => unknown> = {
-  err: (err) => redactValue(err, 0),
+  err: (err) => redactValue(serializeError(err, 0), 0),
   req: (req) => redactValue(req, 0),
   res: (res) => redactValue(res, 0),
 };