Add try catch for incorrect status login call (#601)

browser-extensions/chrome/src/app/App.tsx

@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ const App: React.FC = () => {
   useEffect(() => {
     if (authContext.globalMessage) {
       setMessage(authContext.globalMessage);
-      authContext.clearGlobalMessage();
+    } else {
+      setMessage(null);
     }
   }, [authContext, authContext.globalMessage]);
 

browser-extensions/chrome/src/app/pages/Login.tsx

@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ const Login: React.FC = () => {
     try {
       showLoading();
 
+      // Clear global message if set with every login attempt.
+      authContext.clearGlobalMessage();
+
       // Use the srpUtil instance instead of the imported singleton
       const loginResponse = await srpUtil.initiateLogin(credentials.username);
 
@@ -127,9 +130,8 @@ const Login: React.FC = () => {
 
       // Show app.
       hideLoading();
-    } catch (err) {
-      setError('Login failed. Please check your credentials and try again.');
-      console.error('Login error:', err);
+    } catch {
+      setError('Could not reach AliasVault server. Please try again later or contact support if the problem persists.');
       hideLoading();
     }
   };

browser-extensions/chrome/src/shared/WebApiService.ts

@@ -219,13 +219,29 @@ export class WebApiService {
    * Calls the status endpoint to check if the auth tokens are still valid, app is supported and the vault is up to date.
    */
   public async getStatus(): Promise<StatusResponse> {
-    return await this.get<StatusResponse>('Auth/status');
+    try {
+      return await this.get<StatusResponse>('Auth/status');
+    } catch {
+      /**
+       * If the status endpoint is not available, return a default status response which will trigger
+       * a logout and error message.
+       */
+      return {
+        clientVersionSupported: true,
+        serverVersion: '0.0.0',
+        vaultRevision: 0
+      };
+    }
   }
 
   /**
    * Validates the status response and returns an error message if validation fails.
    */
   public validateStatusResponse(statusResponse: StatusResponse): string | null {
+    if (statusResponse.serverVersion === '0.0.0') {
+      return 'The AliasVault server is not available. Please try again later or contact support if the problem persists.';
+    }
+
     if (!statusResponse.clientVersionSupported) {
       return 'This version of the AliasVault browser extension is outdated. Please update your browser extension to the latest version.';
     }