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gRPC Error Handling Basics

Return useful gRPC errors

Handling gRPC errors involves mapping failures to canonical status codes, returning concise error details, propagating correlation IDs, and signaling retry/backoff rules without leaking sensitive info.

Use Codes

Map to canonical codes (InvalidArgument, Unauthenticated, Unavailable).

Include Context

Short messages, correlation IDs; avoid sensitive data.

Guide Retries

Use Unavailable/ResourceExhausted with backoff hints; avoid retry on InvalidArgument.

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