Add file location to errors in build

.changeset/shaggy-melons-tap.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'astro': patch
+---
+
+Add error location during build for user-generated errors

packages/astro/src/core/build/generate.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import type {
 	ComponentInstance,
 	EndpointHandler,
 	RouteType,
+	SSRError,
 	SSRLoadedRenderer,
 } from '../../@types/astro';
 import { getContentPaths } from '../../content/index.js';
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ import {
 import { runHookBuildGenerated } from '../../integrations/index.js';
 import { BEFORE_HYDRATION_SCRIPT_ID, PAGE_SCRIPT_ID } from '../../vite-plugin-scripts/index.js';
 import { call as callEndpoint, throwIfRedirectNotAllowed } from '../endpoint/index.js';
+import { AstroError } from '../errors/index.js';
 import { debug, info } from '../logger/core.js';
 import { createEnvironment, createRenderContext, renderPage } from '../render/index.js';
 import { callGetStaticPaths } from '../render/route-cache.js';
@@ -397,7 +399,15 @@ async function generatePath(
 			encoding = result.encoding;
 		}
 	} else {
-		const response = await renderPage(mod, ctx, env);
+		let response: Response;
+		try {
+			response = await renderPage(mod, ctx, env);
+		} catch (err) {
+			if (!AstroError.is(err) && !(err as SSRError).id && typeof err === 'object') {
+				(err as SSRError).id = pageData.component;
+			}
+			throw err;
+		}
 		throwIfRedirectNotAllowed(response, opts.settings.config);
 		// If there's no body, do nothing
 		if (!response.body) return;

packages/astro/src/core/errors/utils.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { DiagnosticCode } from '@astrojs/compiler/shared/diagnostics.js';
+import type { SSRError } from '../../@types/astro.js';
 import { AstroErrorCodes, AstroErrorData } from './errors-data.js';
 
 /**
@@ -72,9 +73,17 @@ function getLineOffsets(text: string) {
 
 /** Coalesce any throw variable to an Error instance. */
 export function createSafeError(err: any): Error {
-	return err instanceof Error || (err && err.name && err.message)
-		? err
-		: new Error(JSON.stringify(err));
+	if (err instanceof Error || (err && err.name && err.message)) {
+		return err;
+	} else {
+		const error = new Error(JSON.stringify(err));
+
+		(
+			error as SSRError
+		).hint = `To get as much information as possible from your errors, make sure to throw Error objects instead of \`${typeof err}\`. See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Error for more information`;
+
+		return error;
+	}
 }
 
 export function normalizeLF(code: string) {

packages/astro/test/error-build-location.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { expect } from 'chai';
+import { loadFixture } from './test-utils.js';
+
+describe('Errors information in build', () => {
+	/** @type {import('./test-utils').Fixture} */
+	let fixture;
+
+	it('Does not crash the dev server', async () => {
+		fixture = await loadFixture({
+			root: './fixtures/error-build-location',
+		});
+
+		let errorContent;
+		try {
+			await fixture.build();
+		} catch (e) {
+			errorContent = e;
+		}
+
+		expect(errorContent.id).to.equal('src/pages/index.astro');
+	});
+});

packages/astro/test/fixtures/error-build-location/astro.config.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import { defineConfig } from 'astro/config';
+
+export default defineConfig({});

packages/astro/test/fixtures/error-build-location/package.json

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "name": "@test/error-non-error",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "private": true,
+  "scripts": {
+    "dev": "astro dev",
+    "start": "astro dev",
+    "build": "astro build",
+    "preview": "astro preview",
+    "astro": "astro"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "astro": "workspace:*"
+  }
+}

packages/astro/test/fixtures/error-build-location/src/env.d.ts

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/// <reference types="astro/client" />

packages/astro/test/fixtures/error-build-location/src/pages/index.astro

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+throw new Error("I'm happening in build!")
+---