ankitects/anki

CSV import error message is not ideal

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#4,346 opened on Sep 17, 2025

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good first issue

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Description

How to reproduce:

  • Have a empty file empty.csv
  • do file>import and import empty.csv

Actual result:

  • a view titled "Import file", with content "500: The file you selected is empty". and nothing else

Expected:

  • 500 should not be here. It's not user relevant.
  • there should at least be a button to close the view. In practice it can be closed with esc, and I assume other standard shortcut, but it's not discoverable

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Research direction
Investigate the import error message in the frontend: find the UI component that displays the 'Import file' view and the error message. Trace how the error code '500' is passed from the backend and why it appears. Check existing dialog patterns to see how close buttons are implemented, and consider filtering out non user facing error codes.
Tech stack
rust
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frontend
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2
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1-3 hours
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