Handle errors that occur while streaming (NextJS and Python)

[klei30]

Description

While using the application created with npx create-llama@latest --pro with FastAPI, frontend, and Pinecone integration, we encountered multiple errors affecting both frontend JSON parsing and backend API connections.

Frontend Error

An unhandled runtime error occurs in the frontend when the application attempts to parse an error message that is not valid JSON.

Error Message:

Unhandled Runtime Error
SyntaxError: Unexpected token 'e', "network error" is not valid JSON

Source:

app\components\chat-section.tsx (18:18) @ parse

  16 |     onError: (error: unknown) => {
  17 |       if (!(error instanceof Error)) throw error;
> 18 |       alert(JSON.parse(error.message).detail);
     |                  ^  
  19 |     },
  20 |   });
  21 |   return (

Backend Error

In addition, a backend error occurs, likely due to connectivity issues when making requests to the OpenAI API, resulting in an APIConnectionError.

Backend Error Traceback:

    return await self._retry_request(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\PC\AppData\Local\pypoetry\Cache\virtualenvs\app-EUVYEV_Q-py3.11\Lib\site-packages\openai\_base_client.py", line 1596, in _request
    return await self._retry_request(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\PC\AppData\Local\pypoetry\Cache\virtualenvs\app-EUVYEV_Q-py3.11\Lib\site-packages\openai\_base_client.py", line 1606, in _request
    raise APIConnectionError(request=request) from err
openai.APIConnectionError: Connection error.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Use the npx create-llama@latest --pro template with FastAPI backend and frontend.
2. Set up Pinecone for vector storage.
3. Trigger the frontend error by causing a network issue.
4. Observe the frontend JSON parsing error and backend connection error.

Expected Behavior

• Frontend: The application should handle invalid JSON in error messages gracefully without throwing a SyntaxError.
• Backend: The application should handle connection issues with the OpenAI API, ideally with a retry mechanism or more informative error handling.

Environment

• App Version: (Insert app version here)
• Frameworks & Integrations: npx create-llama@latest --pro, FastAPI, Pinecone, OpenAI API
• Browser: (Specify browser and version)
• Operating System: (Specify OS and version)

[marcusschiesser]

the error happened while streaming which is not implemented yet (neither NextJS nor Python)

[klei30]

is the streaming also causing issues in duck duck search functionality ?

#427