From 7a23df361d6aeca591257ee857394ccb09b40f5a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mike12345567 <me@michaeldrury.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2021 11:21:06 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Quick fix for #3343 - error message did not make the problem
 obvious, so made sure error handler always outputs something useful.

---
 packages/server/src/automations/automationUtils.js | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/server/src/automations/automationUtils.js b/packages/server/src/automations/automationUtils.js
index 2cf4b35a18..aab341a1f8 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/automations/automationUtils.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/automations/automationUtils.js
@@ -64,5 +64,14 @@ exports.cleanUpRow = async (appId, tableId, row) => {
 }
 
 exports.getError = err => {
+  if (err == null) {
+    return "No error provided."
+  }
+  if (
+    typeof err === "object" &&
+    (err.toString == null || err.toString() === "[object Object]")
+  ) {
+    return JSON.stringify(err)
+  }
   return typeof err !== "string" ? err.toString() : err
 }