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Does not cover panic/recover patterns (see go-defensive).\nallowed-tools: Bash(bash:*)\n---\n\n# Go Error Handling\n\n> Compatibility: `errors.Is`, `errors.As`, and `%w` wrapping require Go 1.13+; structured logging examples may use `log/slog` from Go 1.21+.\n\n## Resource Routing\n\n- `scripts/check-errors.sh` - Run when checking string-based error matching, bare error propagation, and log-and-return patterns.\n- `scripts/check-errors-ast.go` - Implementation helper invoked by `check-errors.sh`; patch this when changing error-flow analysis behavior.\n- `references/ERROR-FLOW.md` - Read when deciding where to handle, wrap, log, or return errors.\n- `references/ERROR-TYPES.md` - Read when choosing sentinel errors, typed errors, or opaque errors.\n- `references/WRAPPING.md` - Read when choosing `%w` versus `%v` or crossing package boundaries.\n\nIn Go, [errors are values](https://go.dev/blog/errors-are-values) — they are\ncreated by code and consumed by code.\n\n## Choosing an Error Strategy\n\n1. System boundary (RPC, IPC, storage)? → Wrap with `%v` to avoid leaking internals\n2. Caller needs to match specific conditions? → Sentinel or typed error, wrap with `%w`\n3. Caller just needs debugging context? → `fmt.Errorf(\"...: %w\", err)`\n4. Leaf function, no wrapping needed? → Return the error directly\n\n**Default**: wrap with `%w` and place it at the end of the format string.\n\n---\n\n## Core Rules\n\n### Never Return Concrete Error Types\n\n**Never return concrete error types from exported functions** — a concrete `nil`\npointer can become a non-nil interface:\n\n```go\n// Bad: Concrete type can cause subtle bugs\nfunc Bad() *os.PathError { /*...*/ }\n\n// Good: Always return the error interface\nfunc Good() error { /*...*/ }\n```\n\n### Error Strings\n\nError strings should **not** be capitalized and should **not** end with\npunctuation. 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Use multiple\nreturns:\n\n```go\n// Bad: In-band error value\nfunc Lookup(key string) int  // returns -1 for missing\n\n// Good: Explicit error or ok value\nfunc Lookup(key string) (string, bool)\n```\n\nThis prevents callers from writing `Parse(Lookup(key))` — it causes a\ncompile-time error since `Lookup(key)` has 2 outputs.\n\n---\n\n## Error Flow\n\nHandle errors before normal code. Early returns keep the happy path unindented:\n\n```go\n// Good: Error first, normal code unindented\nif err != nil {\n    return err\n}\n// normal code\n```\n\n**Handle errors once** — either log or return, never both:\n\n```\nError encountered?\n├─ Caller can act on it? → Return (with context via %w)\n├─ Top of call chain? → Log and handle\n└─ Neither? → Log at appropriate level, continue\n```\n\n---\n\n## Error Types\n\n> **Advisory**: Recommended best practice.\n\n| Caller needs to match? | Message type | Use |\n|------------------------|--------------|-----|\n| No | static | `errors.New(\"message\")` |\n| No | dynamic | `fmt.Errorf(\"msg: %v\", val)` |\n| Yes | static | `var ErrFoo = errors.New(\"...\")` |\n| Yes | dynamic | custom `error` type |\n\n**Default**: Wrap with `fmt.Errorf(\"...: %w\", err)`. Escalate to sentinels for\n`errors.Is()`, to custom types for `errors.As()`.\n\n---\n\n## Error Wrapping\n\n> **Advisory**: Recommended best practice.\n\n- **Use `%v`**: At system boundaries, for logging, to hide internal details\n- **Use `%w`**: To preserve error chain for `errors.Is`/`errors.As`\n\n**Key rules**: Place `%w` at the end. Add context callers don't have. If\nannotation adds nothing, return `err` directly.\n\n> **Validation**: After implementing error handling, run `bash scripts/check-errors.sh` to detect common anti-patterns. 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