fix(core): Improve axios error handling in nodes (#5891)

packages/core/package.json

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     "@types/crypto-js": "^4.0.1",
     "@types/express": "^4.17.6",
     "@types/lodash.get": "^4.4.6",
+    "@types/lodash.pick": "^4.4.7",
     "@types/mime-types": "^2.1.0",
     "@types/request-promise-native": "~1.0.15",
     "@types/uuid": "^8.3.2"
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@
     "flatted": "^3.2.4",
     "form-data": "^4.0.0",
     "lodash.get": "^4.4.2",
+    "lodash.pick": "^4.4.0",
     "mime-types": "^2.1.27",
     "n8n-workflow": "workspace:*",
     "oauth-1.0a": "^2.2.6",

packages/core/src/NodeExecuteFunctions.ts

@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ import {
 	ExpressionError,
 } from 'n8n-workflow';
 
+import pick from 'lodash.pick';
 import { Agent } from 'https';
 import { IncomingMessage } from 'http';
 import { stringify } from 'qs';
@@ -676,50 +677,47 @@ async function proxyRequestToAxios(
 			return body;
 		}
 	} catch (error) {
-		const { request, response, isAxiosError, toJSON, config, ...errorData } = error;
-		if (configObject.simple === false && response) {
-			if (configObject.resolveWithFullResponse) {
-				return {
-					body: response.data,
-					headers: response.headers,
-					statusCode: response.status,
-					statusMessage: response.statusText,
-				};
-			} else {
-				return response.data;
-			}
-		}
+		const { config, response } = error;
 
 		// Axios hydrates the original error with more data. We extract them.
 		// https://github.com/axios/axios/blob/master/lib/core/enhanceError.js
 		// Note: `code` is ignored as it's an expected part of the errorData.
-		if (response) {
-			Logger.debug('Request proxied to Axios failed', { status: response.status });
-			let responseData = response.data;
+		if (error.isAxiosError) {
+			if (response) {
+				Logger.debug('Request proxied to Axios failed', { status: response.status });
+				let responseData = response.data;
 
-			if (Buffer.isBuffer(responseData) || responseData instanceof Readable) {
-				responseData = await binaryToBuffer(responseData).then((buffer) =>
-					buffer.toString('utf-8'),
-				);
+				if (Buffer.isBuffer(responseData) || responseData instanceof Readable) {
+					responseData = await binaryToBuffer(responseData).then((buffer) =>
+						buffer.toString('utf-8'),
+					);
+				}
+
+				if (configObject.simple === false) {
+					if (configObject.resolveWithFullResponse) {
+						return {
+							body: responseData,
+							headers: response.headers,
+							statusCode: response.status,
+							statusMessage: response.statusText,
+						};
+					} else {
+						return responseData;
+					}
+				}
+
+				const message = `${response.status as number} - ${JSON.stringify(responseData)}`;
+				throw Object.assign(new Error(message, { cause: error }), {
+					statusCode: response.status,
+					options: pick(config ?? {}, ['url', 'method', 'data', 'headers']),
+				});
+			} else {
+				throw Object.assign(new Error(error.message, { cause: error }), {
+					options: pick(config ?? {}, ['url', 'method', 'data', 'headers']),
+				});
 			}
-			error.message = `${response.status as number} - ${JSON.stringify(responseData)}`;
 		}
 
-		error.cause = errorData;
-		error.error = error.response?.data || errorData;
-		error.statusCode = error.response?.status;
-		error.options = config || {};
-
-		// Remove not needed data and so also remove circular references
-		error.request = undefined;
-		error.config = undefined;
-		error.options.adapter = undefined;
-		error.options.httpsAgent = undefined;
-		error.options.paramsSerializer = undefined;
-		error.options.transformRequest = undefined;
-		error.options.transformResponse = undefined;
-		error.options.validateStatus = undefined;
-
 		throw error;
 	}
 }

packages/nodes-base/nodes/HttpRequest/V3/HttpRequestV3.node.ts

@@ -1321,7 +1321,7 @@ export class HttpRequestV3 implements INodeType {
 					if (autoDetectResponseFormat && response.reason.error instanceof Buffer) {
 						response.reason.error = Buffer.from(response.reason.error as Buffer).toString();
 					}
-					throw new NodeApiError(this.getNode(), response as JsonObject);
+					throw new NodeApiError(this.getNode(), response.reason as JsonObject);
 				} else {
 					// Return the actual reason as error
 					returnItems.push({