Enhance error messages for connection failures (Fixes #6722) #7110
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Summary
This PR improves the developer experience by providing more actionable and human-readable error messages for common connection failures, resolving #6722.
Currently, connection errors are often wrapped in a generic
ConnectionErrorwith a complex traceback that can be confusing for beginners. This change inspects the underlying exception to identify specific issues like DNS failures, refused connections, and unreachable networks.Changes
HTTPAdapter.sendinrequests/adapters.pyto inspectNewConnectionErrorandMaxRetryError.socket.gaierror): "Name resolution failed..."ConnectionRefusedError): "Connection refused by..."OSErrorwith errno 101/10051): "Network unreachable..."raise ... from eso advanced debugging context is not lost.Verification
I verified these changes locally using a reproduction script that simulates:
All scenarios now output the enhanced, friendly error messages while maintaining the original exception chain.