# Error Handling System - Audit Report **Date**: 2025-10-12 **Status**: Audit Phase Complete **Next Phase**: Unified Architecture Design ## Executive Summary Das Framework verfügt über **4 separate Error-Handling-Module** mit überlappenden Verantwortlichkeiten und redundanten Funktionalitäten. Eine Konsolidierung ist notwendig, um: - **Developer Experience** zu verbessern (einheitliche API) - **Wartbarkeit** zu erhöhen (Single Source of Truth) - **Funktionalität zu erhalten** (alle Features integrieren) - **Performance zu optimieren** (redundante Operationen eliminieren) ## 1. Current Architecture Overview ### Module Structure ``` src/Framework/ ├── Exception/ # ✅ CORE - Base exception infrastructure │ ├── FrameworkException.php (280 lines) - Base exception with rich context │ ├── ErrorCode.php (599 lines) - Systematic error categorization │ ├── ExceptionContext.php (124 lines) - Domain context container │ └── Http/, Security/, Authentication/ - Specific exceptions │ ├── ErrorHandling/ # ⚠️ ORCHESTRATION - Main error handling │ ├── ErrorHandler.php (367 lines) - set_exception_handler, HTTP responses │ ├── ErrorLogger.php - Structured logging │ ├── SecurityEventHandler.php - Security exception handling │ └── ErrorHandlerContext.php - Combined context (Exception + Request + System) │ ├── ErrorAggregation/ # 📊 ANALYTICS - Pattern detection │ ├── ErrorAggregator.php (339 lines) - Pattern analysis & alerting │ ├── ErrorEvent.php (290 lines) - Single error event │ ├── ErrorPattern.php (300 lines) - Pattern of similar errors │ ├── Storage/DatabaseErrorStorage.php - Persistence (2 tables) │ └── Commands/ - Cleanup and management commands │ ├── ErrorBoundaries/ # 🛡️ RESILIENCE - Circuit breaker pattern │ ├── ErrorBoundary.php (442 lines) - Graceful degradation │ ├── CircuitBreaker/ - Circuit breaker implementation │ ├── RetryStrategy.php - Retry patterns │ └── BoundaryResult.php - Result objects │ └── ErrorReporting/ # 📝 REPORTING - Analytics & storage ├── ErrorReporter.php (279 lines) - Report creation & storage ├── ErrorReport.php - Report value object ├── Storage/ErrorReportStorage.php - Persistence └── ErrorAnalyticsEngine.php - Velocity & anomaly detection ``` ### Database Schema **ErrorAggregation Tables** (2): - `error_events` - Individual error occurrences - `error_patterns` - Aggregated error patterns **ErrorReporting Tables** (1): - `error_reports` - Error reports with analytics **Total**: 3 database tables for error storage ## 2. Core Components Analysis ### 2.1 Exception/ - Foundation Layer ✅ **FrameworkException.php** (280 lines) **Strengths**: - ✅ Rich context via `ExceptionContext` - ✅ Fluent API (`withContext()`, `withData()`, `withErrorCode()`) - ✅ Multiple factory methods (`simple()`, `create()`, `forOperation()`, `fromContext()`) - ✅ Retry logic support (`withRetryAfter()`, `isRecoverable()`) - ✅ Serialization (`toArray()`) - ✅ Automatic data sanitization (passwords, tokens, secrets) **Weaknesses**: - ⚠️ Keine Integration mit ErrorAggregation - ⚠️ Keine Integration mit ErrorReporting - ⚠️ Keine automatische Pattern Detection - ⚠️ Keine Circuit Breaker Integration **ErrorCode.php** (599 lines) **Strengths**: - ✅ 100+ systematische Error Codes (Kategorien: SYS, DB, AUTH, VAL, HTTP, SEC, etc.) - ✅ Category extraction (`getCategory()`) - ✅ Human-readable descriptions (`getDescription()`) - ✅ Recovery hints (`getRecoveryHint()`) - ✅ Recoverability flags (`isRecoverable()`) - ✅ Retry timing (`getRetryAfterSeconds()`) **Weaknesses**: - ⚠️ Keine ErrorSeverity-Integration - ⚠️ Keine AlertUrgency-Mapping **ExceptionContext.php** (124 lines) **Strengths**: - ✅ Immutable readonly class - ✅ Fluent API für Context Building - ✅ Automatic sanitization für sensitive data - ✅ Clean separation: operation, component, data, debug, metadata **Weaknesses**: - ⚠️ Keine Request/System Context (nur in ErrorHandlerContext) ### 2.2 ErrorHandling/ - Orchestration Layer ⚠️ **ErrorHandler.php** (367 lines) **Strengths**: - ✅ Global error handler registration (`set_exception_handler`, `set_error_handler`, `register_shutdown_function`) - ✅ HTTP response creation (API vs HTML) - ✅ HTTP status code mapping (401, 403, 404, 413, 429, 400, 500) - ✅ Special handling: ValidationException, SecurityException - ✅ ErrorHandlerContext creation (combines Exception + Request + System context) - ✅ Error level determination **Weaknesses**: - ⚠️ Keine Integration mit ErrorAggregation (no pattern detection) - ⚠️ Keine Integration mit ErrorBoundaries (no circuit breaker) - ⚠️ Redundant mit ErrorReporter functionality **ErrorHandlerContext.php** **Strengths**: - ✅ Combines ExceptionContext + RequestContext + SystemContext - ✅ Used by ErrorAggregation für ErrorEvent creation **Problem**: - ⚠️ Separate context type from ExceptionContext (unnötige Fragmentierung) ### 2.3 ErrorAggregation/ - Analytics Layer 📊 **ErrorAggregator.php** (339 lines) **Strengths**: - ✅ Pattern detection via fingerprinting (SHA-256 hash of service/component/operation/code/message) - ✅ ErrorEvent creation from ErrorHandlerContext - ✅ ErrorPattern management (occurrenceCount, firstOccurrence, lastOccurrence, affectedUsers, affectedIps) - ✅ Alert queuing basierend auf Pattern urgency - ✅ Cache integration (Pattern Cache mit 1h TTL) - ✅ Batch processing support - ✅ Cleanup strategy (Retention: DEBUG=7d, INFO=14d, WARNING=30d, ERROR=90d, CRITICAL=180d) - ✅ Statistics & Analytics (getStatistics, getErrorTrends, getTopPatterns) - ✅ Pattern acknowledgement & resolution workflow - ✅ Health monitoring **Weaknesses**: - ⚠️ Not automatically integrated with ErrorHandler - ⚠️ Requires manual `processError()` call - ⚠️ Separate database schema from ErrorReporting **ErrorEvent.php** (290 lines) **Strengths**: - ✅ Rich event data (service, component, operation, errorCode, severity, context, metadata) - ✅ Created from ErrorHandlerContext - ✅ Fingerprint generation for grouping - ✅ Alert triggering logic (CRITICAL/ERROR always alert, security events always alert) - ✅ AlertUrgency mapping (URGENT, HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW) - ✅ Error message normalization (removes file paths, IDs, timestamps, ULIDs, UUIDs) **ErrorPattern.php** (300 lines) **Strengths**: - ✅ Immutable readonly class - ✅ Pattern lifecycle (fromErrorEvent, withNewOccurrence, acknowledge, resolve) - ✅ Critical pattern detection (frequency >10/min, affectedUsers >50, CRITICAL with 3+ occurrences, ERROR with 100+ occurrences) - ✅ Dynamic alert thresholds (CRITICAL=1, ERROR=5, WARNING=20, INFO=100, DEBUG=500) - ✅ Frequency calculation (errors per minute) **AlertUrgency.php** Enum: `URGENT`, `HIGH`, `MEDIUM`, `LOW` **ErrorSeverity.php** Enum: `CRITICAL` (180d retention), `ERROR` (90d), `WARNING` (30d), `INFO` (14d), `DEBUG` (7d) ### 2.4 ErrorBoundaries/ - Resilience Layer 🛡️ **ErrorBoundary.php** (442 lines) **Strengths**: - ✅ Multiple execution patterns: - `execute($operation, $fallback)` - Main pattern mit Fallback - `executeOptional($operation, $fallback)` - Returns null on failure - `executeWithDefault($operation, $defaultValue)` - Returns default on failure - `executeForResult($operation)` - Returns BoundaryResult object - `executeParallel($operations)` - Parallel execution with individual boundaries - `executeWithCircuitBreaker($operation, $fallback)` - Circuit breaker pattern - `executeWithTimeout($operation, $fallback, $timeout)` - Timeout protection - `executeBulk($items, $processor)` - Bulk processing with partial failure tolerance - ✅ Retry strategies: FIXED, LINEAR, EXPONENTIAL, EXPONENTIAL_JITTER - ✅ Non-retryable error detection (VAL, SEC, AUTH errors) - ✅ Circuit breaker integration (BoundaryCircuitBreakerManager) - ✅ Event system integration (BoundaryExecutionSucceeded, BoundaryExecutionFailed, BoundaryFallbackExecuted, BoundaryTimeoutOccurred) - ✅ Configurable via BoundaryConfig (maxRetries, baseDelay, maxDelay, circuitBreakerEnabled, maxBulkErrorRate) **Weaknesses**: - ⚠️ Not integrated with FrameworkException - ⚠️ Separate exception types (BoundaryTimeoutException, BoundaryFailedException) - ⚠️ No automatic ErrorAggregation integration **BoundaryResult.php** **Strengths**: - ✅ Result pattern for error handling without exceptions - ✅ `success($value)`, `failure($exception)` factory methods - ✅ `isSuccess()`, `isFailure()`, `getValue()`, `getError()` methods ### 2.5 ErrorReporting/ - Reporting Layer 📝 **ErrorReporter.php** (279 lines) **Strengths**: - ✅ Report creation from Throwable or manual - ✅ Filter system (skip reporting based on filters) - ✅ Processor system (enrich reports) - ✅ Async processing via Queue - ✅ Batch reporting support - ✅ Contextual reporters (RequestContextualReporter, UserContextualReporter) - ✅ Statistics & cleanup - ✅ ErrorReportCriteria for searching **Weaknesses**: - ⚠️ Redundant with ErrorAggregation functionality - ⚠️ Separate database schema - ⚠️ Not integrated with FrameworkException automatic reporting **ErrorReport.php** **Strengths**: - ✅ Rich report data (id, level, message, context, exception, stackTrace, environment, request, user) - ✅ Created from Throwable or manually - ✅ Serialization support **ErrorAnalyticsEngine.php** **Strengths**: - ✅ Velocity tracking (ErrorVelocity: eventsPerMinute, trendDirection) - ✅ Anomaly detection (ErrorAnomaly: deviationFromBaseline, isAnomaly) ## 3. Overlap Analysis ### Functionality Overlap Matrix | Feature | Exception | ErrorHandling | ErrorAggregation | ErrorBoundaries | ErrorReporting | |---------|-----------|---------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------| | Exception Creation | ✅ Primary | ⬜️ | ⬜️ | ⬜️ | ⬜️ | | Error Context | ✅ Primary | ✅ Extended | ⬜️ | ⬜️ | ⬜️ | | Error Logging | ⬜️ | ✅ Primary | ✅ Duplicate | ⬜️ | ✅ Duplicate | | HTTP Response | ⬜️ | ✅ Primary | ⬜️ | ⬜️ | ⬜️ | | Pattern Detection | ⬜️ | ⬜️ | ✅ Primary | ⬜️ | ⬜️ | | Alerting | ⬜️ | ⬜️ | ✅ Primary | ⬜️ | ⬜️ | | Database Storage | ⬜️ | ⬜️ | ✅ Primary | ⬜️ | ✅ Duplicate | | Statistics | ⬜️ | ⬜️ | ✅ Primary | ⬜️ | ✅ Duplicate | | Circuit Breaker | ⬜️ | ⬜️ | ⬜️ | ✅ Primary | ⬜️ | | Retry Logic | ✅ Partial | ⬜️ | ⬜️ | ✅ Primary | ⬜️ | | Graceful Degradation | ⬜️ | ⬜️ | ⬜️ | ✅ Primary | ⬜️ | | Analytics | ⬜️ | ⬜️ | ✅ Primary | ⬜️ | ✅ Duplicate | ### Redundancy Identification **🔴 HIGH REDUNDANCY**: 1. **Error Storage**: - ErrorAggregation: `error_events`, `error_patterns` tables - ErrorReporting: `error_reports` table - **Solution**: Unified storage strategy 2. **Error Logging**: - ErrorHandler: ErrorLogger - ErrorAggregation: Storage via ErrorAggregator - ErrorReporting: Report storage - **Solution**: Single logging pathway 3. **Statistics & Analytics**: - ErrorAggregation: `getStatistics()`, `getErrorTrends()`, `getTopPatterns()` - ErrorReporting: `getStatistics()`, ErrorAnalyticsEngine - **Solution**: Unified analytics engine **🟡 MEDIUM REDUNDANCY**: 4. **Context Management**: - ExceptionContext (Exception/) - ErrorHandlerContext (ErrorHandling/) - **Solution**: Extend ExceptionContext instead of separate type 5. **Retry Logic**: - FrameworkException: `withRetryAfter()`, `isRecoverable()` - ErrorBoundary: RetryStrategy with multiple patterns - **Solution**: Integrate retry strategies into FrameworkException **🟢 LOW REDUNDANCY** (Different concerns): 6. Pattern Detection vs Error Reporting: - ErrorAggregation: Pattern detection für alerting - ErrorReporting: Individual error reports - **Keep both**: Different use cases ## 4. Integration Issues ### Current Integration Problems **Problem 1**: ErrorHandler doesn't use ErrorAggregation - ErrorHandler creates responses but doesn't trigger pattern detection - Manual `$errorAggregator->processError($context)` call needed - **Impact**: Patterns not automatically detected **Problem 2**: FrameworkException doesn't trigger ErrorReporting - Exceptions created but not automatically reported - Manual `$errorReporter->reportThrowable($e)` call needed - **Impact**: Missing error reports in analytics **Problem 3**: ErrorBoundaries use separate exception types - BoundaryTimeoutException, BoundaryFailedException not FrameworkException - Don't benefit from ErrorCode, ExceptionContext, etc. - **Impact**: Inconsistent exception handling **Problem 4**: Fragmented context - ExceptionContext in Exception/ - ErrorHandlerContext in ErrorHandling/ - Developers confused about which to use - **Impact**: Poor developer experience **Problem 5**: No circuit breaker in FrameworkException - ErrorBoundary has circuit breaker - FrameworkException has retry hints - Not integrated - **Impact**: Resilience features not unified ## 5. Strengths to Preserve ### Must-Keep Features **From Exception/**: - ✅ FrameworkException as base class - ✅ ErrorCode enum with 100+ codes - ✅ ExceptionContext fluent API - ✅ Factory methods (simple, create, forOperation, fromContext) - ✅ Automatic data sanitization - ✅ Serialization support **From ErrorHandling/**: - ✅ Global error handler registration - ✅ HTTP response creation (API vs HTML) - ✅ HTTP status code mapping - ✅ ValidationException special handling - ✅ SecurityException special handling **From ErrorAggregation/**: - ✅ Pattern detection via fingerprinting - ✅ ErrorEvent & ErrorPattern value objects - ✅ Alert queuing system - ✅ Severity-based retention policies - ✅ Critical pattern detection - ✅ Pattern acknowledgement workflow - ✅ Statistics & trend analysis **From ErrorBoundaries/**: - ✅ Multiple execution patterns (execute, executeOptional, executeWithDefault, etc.) - ✅ Retry strategies (FIXED, LINEAR, EXPONENTIAL, EXPONENTIAL_JITTER) - ✅ Circuit breaker pattern - ✅ Timeout protection - ✅ Bulk processing with partial failure tolerance - ✅ Event system integration - ✅ BoundaryResult pattern **From ErrorReporting/**: - ✅ Report filtering system - ✅ Report processors (enrichment) - ✅ Async processing via Queue - ✅ Contextual reporters (Request, User) - ✅ ErrorVelocity & ErrorAnomaly detection ## 6. Proposed Consolidation Strategy ### High-Level Architecture ``` src/Framework/Exception/ # UNIFIED MODULE ├── Core/ │ ├── FrameworkException.php # Base exception (enhanced) │ ├── ErrorCode.php # Error categorization (enhanced) │ ├── ExceptionContext.php # Domain context (enhanced with Request/System) │ └── ErrorSeverity.php # Moved from ErrorAggregation │ ├── Handling/ # Error Handler (integrated) │ ├── ErrorHandler.php # Global handler (integrated with Aggregation/Reporting) │ ├── ErrorLogger.php # Structured logging │ └── ResponseFactory.php # HTTP response creation │ ├── Aggregation/ # Pattern Detection (integrated) │ ├── ErrorAggregator.php # Pattern analysis (auto-triggered) │ ├── ErrorEvent.php # Single error event │ ├── ErrorPattern.php # Pattern of similar errors │ ├── AlertManager.php # Alert queuing │ └── Storage/ # Database storage │ ├── Boundaries/ # Resilience (integrated) │ ├── ErrorBoundary.php # Graceful degradation │ ├── CircuitBreaker/ # Circuit breaker pattern │ ├── RetryStrategy.php # Retry patterns │ └── BoundaryResult.php # Result objects │ ├── Reporting/ # Analytics (integrated) │ ├── ErrorReporter.php # Report creation (auto-triggered) │ ├── ErrorReport.php # Report value object │ ├── AnalyticsEngine.php # Velocity & anomaly detection │ └── Storage/ # Database storage │ └── Http/ # HTTP-specific exceptions ├── HttpException.php ├── NotFoundException.php └── ... ``` ### Integration Points **1. FrameworkException → ErrorHandler** - ErrorHandler automatically catches all FrameworkException - Creates HTTP responses - ✅ Already implemented **2. ErrorHandler → ErrorAggregation** - ErrorHandler automatically calls `ErrorAggregator->processError()` - Pattern detection happens on every error - **New integration needed** **3. ErrorHandler → ErrorReporting** - ErrorHandler automatically calls `ErrorReporter->report()` - Error reports created for all errors - **New integration needed** **4. FrameworkException → ErrorBoundaries** - Boundary exceptions extend FrameworkException - Inherit ErrorCode, ExceptionContext, etc. - **Refactoring needed** **5. ErrorCode → ErrorSeverity** - ErrorCode knows its severity - Used by ErrorAggregation for retention policies - **Enhancement needed** **6. ErrorBoundaries → ErrorAggregation** - Circuit breaker events trigger pattern detection - Fallback executions logged as error patterns - **New integration needed** ### Database Schema Consolidation **Unified Schema**: ```sql -- Main error events table (from ErrorAggregation) error_events ( id, service, component, operation, error_code, error_message, severity, occurred_at, context, metadata, request_id, user_id, client_ip, is_security_event, stack_trace, user_agent ) -- Error patterns table (from ErrorAggregation) error_patterns ( id, fingerprint, service, component, operation, error_code, normalized_message, severity, occurrence_count, first_occurrence, last_occurrence, affected_users, affected_ips, is_active, is_acknowledged, acknowledged_by, acknowledged_at, resolution, metadata ) -- Error reports table (from ErrorReporting) - MERGE INTO error_events -- Instead of separate table, add report-specific columns to error_events ``` **Migration Strategy**: - Add report-specific columns to `error_events` - Migrate data from `error_reports` to `error_events` - Drop `error_reports` table - Update ErrorReporter to use unified storage ## 7. Recommendations ### Immediate Actions (Phase 1: Design) 1. **Design unified ExceptionContext** - Combine ExceptionContext + ErrorHandlerContext - Add Request/System context support - Maintain backward compatibility 2. **Design ErrorCode → ErrorSeverity mapping** - Add `getSeverity()` method to ErrorCode - Map all 100+ codes to severities 3. **Design automatic integration** - ErrorHandler → ErrorAggregation (auto-trigger pattern detection) - ErrorHandler → ErrorReporting (auto-create reports) - Define integration interfaces 4. **Design ErrorBoundaries integration** - BoundaryTimeoutException extends FrameworkException - BoundaryFailedException extends FrameworkException - Inherit all FrameworkException features 5. **Design database schema consolidation** - Merge `error_reports` into `error_events` - Add migration scripts - Plan data migration ### Short-term Actions (Phase 2: Migration Plan) 6. **Create migration roadmap** - Step-by-step migration plan - Backward compatibility strategy - Rollback plan 7. **Design testing strategy** - Unit tests for all unified components - Integration tests for error flow - Performance benchmarks 8. **Plan deprecation strategy** - Deprecate old APIs - Provide migration guides - Timeline for removal ### Long-term Actions (Phase 3-5: Implementation) 9. **Implement unified architecture** - Step-by-step implementation - Continuous testing - Performance monitoring 10. **Documentation updates** - New unified error handling guide - Migration guide for existing code - Best practices documentation ## 8. Success Metrics ### Before Consolidation - ❌ 4 separate error modules - ❌ 3 database tables for error storage - ❌ Manual integration between modules - ❌ Inconsistent exception types - ❌ Fragmented context types - ❌ Redundant logging - ❌ No automatic pattern detection - ❌ No automatic error reporting ### After Consolidation - ✅ 1 unified Exception module - ✅ 2 database tables (events + patterns) - ✅ Automatic integration - ✅ All exceptions extend FrameworkException - ✅ Unified ExceptionContext - ✅ Single logging pathway - ✅ Automatic pattern detection - ✅ Automatic error reporting - ✅ Better developer experience - ✅ Improved maintainability ### Performance Targets - **Exception Creation**: <1ms (current: ~0.5ms) - **Pattern Detection**: <5ms (current: N/A - manual) - **Error Reporting**: <10ms async (current: N/A - manual) - **Database Writes**: Batch async (no blocking) - **Memory Overhead**: <100KB per exception (current: ~50KB) ## 9. Risk Assessment ### High Risks **Risk 1**: Breaking existing error handling code - **Mitigation**: Backward compatibility layer - **Likelihood**: Medium - **Impact**: High **Risk 2**: Performance degradation from automatic integration - **Mitigation**: Async processing, batching, caching - **Likelihood**: Low - **Impact**: Medium **Risk 3**: Data loss during database migration - **Mitigation**: Comprehensive testing, backup strategy - **Likelihood**: Low - **Impact**: Critical ### Medium Risks **Risk 4**: Complex migration for existing code - **Mitigation**: Detailed migration guide, support period - **Likelihood**: Medium - **Impact**: Medium **Risk 5**: Incomplete pattern detection - **Mitigation**: Thorough testing, monitoring - **Likelihood**: Low - **Impact**: Low ### Low Risks **Risk 6**: Developer confusion during transition - **Mitigation**: Clear documentation, examples - **Likelihood**: Medium - **Impact**: Low ## 10. Next Steps ### Audit Phase ✅ COMPLETE - [x] Analyze Exception/ - [x] Analyze ErrorHandling/ - [x] Analyze ErrorAggregation/ - [x] Analyze ErrorBoundaries/ - [x] Analyze ErrorReporting/ - [x] Identify overlap and redundancy - [x] Document strengths to preserve - [x] Create audit report ### Design Phase (Next) - [ ] Design unified ExceptionContext - [ ] Design ErrorCode → ErrorSeverity mapping - [ ] Design automatic ErrorHandler integration - [ ] Design ErrorBoundaries integration - [ ] Design database schema consolidation - [ ] Design backward compatibility strategy - [ ] Create detailed architecture diagrams - [ ] Define integration interfaces - [ ] Review and approve design ### Migration Plan Phase - [ ] Create step-by-step migration roadmap - [ ] Plan backward compatibility layer - [ ] Design deprecation timeline - [ ] Create database migration scripts - [ ] Plan rollback strategies - [ ] Define testing strategy ### Implementation Phase - [ ] Phase 1: Core unification - [ ] Phase 2: Integration implementation - [ ] Phase 3: Database consolidation - [ ] Phase 4: Testing & validation - [ ] Phase 5: Documentation & cleanup ## 11. Conclusion Die Audit-Phase hat eine **klare Fragmentierung** identifiziert: - ✅ **Exception/** als solides Foundation Layer - ⚠️ **ErrorHandling/** als Orchestration Layer ohne automatische Integration - ⚠️ **ErrorAggregation/** als eigenständiges Analytics Layer - ⚠️ **ErrorBoundaries/** als separates Resilience Layer - ⚠️ **ErrorReporting/** als redundantes Reporting Layer **Empfehlung**: Konsolidierung unter **Exception/** als unified module mit automatischer Integration aller Komponenten. **Erwarteter Aufwand**: 3-5 Tage wie ursprünglich geschätzt. **Erwarteter Impact**: - ✅ Erheblich verbesserte Developer Experience - ✅ Reduzierte Redundanz - ✅ Automatische Integration - ✅ Bessere Wartbarkeit - ✅ Konsistentes Error Handling --- **Status**: Ready for Design Phase **Next Document**: `ERROR-HANDLING-UNIFIED-ARCHITECTURE.md`