From 8652055458f23cf0f8bad4cae77fe192ea9907a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Douwe Osinga <douwe@block.xyz>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:49:59 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Log 500 errors and also show error for direct download
 (#7936)

Co-authored-by: Douwe Osinga <douwe@squareup.com>
---
 crates/goose-server/src/routes/errors.rs               |  6 ++++++
 .../settings/localInference/HuggingFaceModelSearch.tsx | 10 ++++++++--
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/goose-server/src/routes/errors.rs b/crates/goose-server/src/routes/errors.rs
index 43835e3d97..0866f81293 100644
--- a/crates/goose-server/src/routes/errors.rs
+++ b/crates/goose-server/src/routes/errors.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ impl ErrorResponse {
 
 impl IntoResponse for ErrorResponse {
     fn into_response(self) -> Response {
+        if self.status.is_server_error() {
+            tracing::error!(status = %self.status, message = %self.message, "server error response");
+        } else if self.status.is_client_error() {
+            tracing::warn!(status = %self.status, message = %self.message, "client error response");
+        }
+
         let body = Json(serde_json::json!({
             "message": self.message,
         }));
diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/components/settings/localInference/HuggingFaceModelSearch.tsx b/ui/desktop/src/components/settings/localInference/HuggingFaceModelSearch.tsx
index dc6ea05fc9..6297e6a74e 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/components/settings/localInference/HuggingFaceModelSearch.tsx
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/components/settings/localInference/HuggingFaceModelSearch.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import {
   type HfModelInfo,
   type HfQuantVariant,
 } from '../../../api';
+import { toastError } from '../../../toasts';
+import { errorMessage } from '../../../utils/conversionUtils';
 
 const formatBytes = (bytes: number): string => {
   if (bytes === 0) return 'unknown';
@@ -178,14 +180,18 @@ export const HuggingFaceModelSearch = ({ onDownloadStarted }: Props) => {
     setDownloading((prev) => new Set(prev).add(key));
     try {
       const response = await downloadHfModel({
-        body: { spec },
+        body: { spec }, throwOnError: true
       });
       if (response.data) {
         onDownloadStarted(response.data);
         setDirectSpec('');
       }
     } catch (e) {
-      console.error('Direct download failed:', e);
+      toastError({
+        title: 'Direct download failed',
+        msg: 'Failed to start the download. Check the spec: ' + errorMessage(e),
+      });
+
     } finally {
       setDownloading((prev) => {
         const next = new Set(prev);