refactor: improve error messages (#11762) (#11886)

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(cherry picked from commit 8f51644)

Co-authored-by: Federico Kunze Küllmer <31522760+fedekunze@users.noreply.github.com>

errors/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 # Changelog
 
+## [Unreleased]
+
+### Improvements
+
+* [\#11762](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/11762) Improve error messages
+
 ## v1.0.0
 
 ### Features

errors/abci.go

@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func errIsNil(err error) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-var errPanicWithMsg = Wrapf(ErrPanic, "panic message redacted to hide potentially sensitive system info")
+var errPanicWithMsg = Wrapf(ErrPanic, "error message redacted to hide potential sensitive info. Use the '--trace' flag if you are running a node to see the full stack trace error")
 
 // Redact replaces an error that is not initialized as an ABCI Error with a
 // generic internal error instance. If the error is an ABCI Error, that error is

errors/abci_test.go

@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ func (s *abciTestSuite) TestABCIInfoSerializeErr() {
 		},
 		"redact in default encoder": {
 			src: myPanic,
-			exp: "panic message redacted to hide potentially sensitive system info: panic",
+			exp: "error message redacted to hide potential sensitive info. Use the '--trace' flag if you are running a node to see the full stack trace error: panic",
 		},
 		"do not redact in debug encoder": {
 			src:   myPanic,

types/decimal.go

@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func NewDecFromIntWithPrec(i Int, prec int64) Dec {
 // CONTRACT - This function does not mutate the input str.
 func NewDecFromStr(str string) (Dec, error) {
 	if len(str) == 0 {
-		return Dec{}, ErrEmptyDecimalStr
+		return Dec{}, fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", str, ErrEmptyDecimalStr)
 	}
 
 	// first extract any negative symbol
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ func NewDecFromStr(str string) (Dec, error) {
 	}
 
 	if len(str) == 0 {
-		return Dec{}, ErrEmptyDecimalStr
+		return Dec{}, fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", str, ErrEmptyDecimalStr)
 	}
 
 	strs := strings.Split(str, ".")
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func NewDecFromStr(str string) (Dec, error) {
 	}
 
 	if lenDecs > Precision {
-		return Dec{}, fmt.Errorf("invalid precision; max: %d, got: %d", Precision, lenDecs)
+		return Dec{}, fmt.Errorf("value '%s' exceeds max precision by %d decimal places: max precision %d", str, Precision-lenDecs, Precision)
 	}
 
 	// add some extra zero's to correct to the Precision factor
@@ -182,10 +182,10 @@ func NewDecFromStr(str string) (Dec, error) {
 
 	combined, ok := new(big.Int).SetString(combinedStr, 10) // base 10
 	if !ok {
-		return Dec{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to set decimal string: %s", combinedStr)
+		return Dec{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to set decimal string with base 10: %s", combinedStr)
 	}
 	if combined.BitLen() > maxDecBitLen {
-		return Dec{}, fmt.Errorf("decimal out of range; bitLen: got %d, max %d", combined.BitLen(), maxDecBitLen)
+		return Dec{}, fmt.Errorf("decimal '%s' out of range; bitLen: got %d, max %d", str, combined.BitLen(), maxDecBitLen)
 	}
 	if neg {
 		combined = new(big.Int).Neg(combined)