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What are best practices for structured error responses?

Mid ASP.NET Web API
Quick Answer Structured error responses: use RFC 7807 ProblemDetails format: {type, title, status, detail, instance}. Return consistent error shapes for all error types. Include a unique error code that clients can reference. For validation errors: include field-level details. Configure in AddProblemDetails() (ASP.NET Core 7+). Clients can parse errors reliably rather than parsing varied error message strings.

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Include:

  • statusCode
  • message
  • errors (validation details)
  • traceId

Avoid exposing internal details for security.

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