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Unhandled missing OPTIN_HMAC_SECRET causes 500 instead of a friendly error

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repo e24ef98c·PR #9·reviewed 1 week ago

GPT-5 finding

Unhandled missing OPTIN_HMAC_SECRET causes 500 instead of a friendly error

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  • apps/web/lib/optin-token.ts
  • apps/web/app/api/opt-in/route.ts
If OPTIN_HMAC_SECRET is unset in the environment, verifyTokenDetailed() will throw inside getSecret(). The route does not catch this, yielding a 500 without a clear user-facing explanation. While this is a deploy misconfiguration, it’s better to fail with a controlled HTML response and a clear log.

Recommendation

Wrap token verification in try/catch. On error, log and return htmlResponse(500, errorPage("Server misconfigured", "...")), or validate presence of OPTIN_HMAC_SECRET at process startup to fail fast with a clear error.

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