From ef4647f1d324cff43bb444ef4df6c253faed0d52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: t <t@tjp.lol>
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:49:51 -0600
Subject: improve errors: retries, surfacing provider errors to the user

---
 src/tui_app.zig | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'src')

diff --git a/src/tui_app.zig b/src/tui_app.zig
index 4e9fee3..b7c297b 100644
--- a/src/tui_app.zig
+++ b/src/tui_app.zig
@@ -924,10 +924,14 @@ pub const App = struct {
                     _ = try self.spawnStatus("context overflow: compacting and retrying");
                 } else {
                     const secs = @as(f64, @floatFromInt(info.delay_ms)) / 1000.0;
+                    // Prefer the provider's own diagnostic (e.g. an Anthropic
+                    // `overloaded_error: ...`) over the bare error name, so
+                    // the user sees *why* the turn stalled.
+                    const reason = info.message orelse @errorName(info.err);
                     const msg = try std.fmt.allocPrint(
                         self.alloc,
                         "provider unavailable ({s}): retrying in {d:.1}s (attempt {d}/{d})",
-                        .{ @errorName(info.err), secs, info.attempt + 1, info.max_attempts },
+                        .{ reason, secs, info.attempt + 1, info.max_attempts },
                     );
                     defer self.alloc.free(msg);
                     _ = try self.spawnStatus(msg);
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