[SERVER-67146] Internal error message on cluster parameter's required field missing Created: 08/Jun/22  Updated: 06/Dec/22  Resolved: 24/Oct/22

Status: Closed
Project: Core Server
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Bug Priority: Major - P3
Reporter: Romans Kasperovics Assignee: Backlog - Security Team
Resolution: Won't Do Votes: 0
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Remaining Estimate: Not Specified
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Assigned Teams:
Server Security
Operating System: ALL
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 Description   

When a user forgets to specify a required field of a struct-typed server parameter, he currently gets:

"errmsg" : "Failed parsing ClusterServerParameter 'changeStreams' :: caused by :: BSON field 'ClusterServerParameter.enabled' is missing but a required field",
"code" : 40414,
"codeName" : "Location40414",

The internal message should be changed to a user-facing error like this:

"errmsg" : "Invalid value for cluster parameter 'changeStreams': 'enabled' is a required field, but it is missing",
"code" : 2,
"codeName" : "BadValue",

The suggested "errmsg" can be improved for better clarity and user-friendliness.


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