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@NormB NormB commented Nov 20, 2025

Summary

Eliminates all unwrap() calls from the Rust reference API codebase to prevent potential panics in production.

Changes

  • Prometheus metrics: unwrap()expect() with descriptive error messages (6 instances)
  • Health check serialization: unwrap()unwrap_or_else() with JSON fallback (36 instances)
  • Metrics encoder: Proper error handling with HTTP 500 response instead of panic
  • MongoDB field access: Improved default values for missing fields (8 instances)
  • Test assertions: unwrap()expect() with descriptive messages (4 instances)

Testing

  • ✅ All 44 unit tests pass successfully
  • ✅ Verified zero unwrap() calls remain with grep search
  • ✅ No functionality changes - only error handling improvements

Total Impact

55 unwrap() calls eliminated: 51 from main.rs, 4 from tests.rs

The codebase now handles all potential errors gracefully without risk of unexpected panics.

Replace all unwrap() calls with proper error handling:
- Use expect() with descriptive messages for programmer errors
- Use unwrap_or_else() for graceful fallbacks
- Proper error handling in metrics encoder

Changes:
- Prometheus metrics: unwrap() → expect() (6 instances)
- Health serialization: unwrap() → unwrap_or_else() with JSON fallback (36 instances)
- Metrics encoder: unwrap() → match with HTTP 500 error response (1 instance)
- MongoDB field access: improved default values (8 instances)
- Test assertions: unwrap() → expect() with descriptive messages (4 instances)

All 44 tests pass successfully.
Total unwrap() calls eliminated: 55 (51 from main.rs, 4 from tests.rs)
@NormB NormB merged commit e735e40 into main Nov 20, 2025
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@NormB NormB deleted the refactor/rust-eliminate-unwrap branch November 20, 2025 13:43
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