From 90ead98eaa7c075d812b4fb68daaea06f3199045 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven H <steven@gitbook.io>
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2025 14:59:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Better error handling in revalidate v1 (#3094)

---
 .changeset/wise-baboons-develop.md            |  5 ++++
 .../app/(global)/~gitbook/revalidate/route.ts | 23 +++++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/wise-baboons-develop.md

diff --git a/.changeset/wise-baboons-develop.md b/.changeset/wise-baboons-develop.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac1de10a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/wise-baboons-develop.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"gitbook": patch
+---
+
+Better error handling in cache revalidation.
diff --git a/packages/gitbook/src/app/(global)/~gitbook/revalidate/route.ts b/packages/gitbook/src/app/(global)/~gitbook/revalidate/route.ts
index 91c214e12..85d606e6a 100644
--- a/packages/gitbook/src/app/(global)/~gitbook/revalidate/route.ts
+++ b/packages/gitbook/src/app/(global)/~gitbook/revalidate/route.ts
@@ -25,10 +25,23 @@ export async function POST(req: NextRequest) {
         );
     }
 
-    const result = await revalidateTags(json.tags);
+    try {
+        const result = await revalidateTags(json.tags);
+        return NextResponse.json({
+            success: true,
+            stats: result.stats,
+        });
+    } catch (err: unknown) {
+        const message = [
+            err instanceof Error ? err.name : 'Internal Server Error',
+            ...(err instanceof Error && err.message ? [err.message] : []),
+            ...(err instanceof Error && err.cause ? [err.cause] : []),
+            ...(err instanceof Error && err.stack ? [err.stack] : []),
+        ].join('\n');
 
-    return NextResponse.json({
-        success: true,
-        stats: result.stats,
-    });
+        return new NextResponse(null, {
+            status: 500,
+            statusText: message,
+        });
+    }
 }