Fix: added graceful error handling on recover project

[Audatic07]

Fixes #927

Describe the changes you have made in this PR -

Added graceful error handling on recover project, by handling various edge cases

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Explain your implementation approach:

• What problem does your code solve?
  When using Recover project during development, the simulator crashes. This is because there was no proper error handling in various edge cases of corrupted/missing data. Now, multiple error handling edge cases have been added and tested. This will not enable projects to be restored correctly in local dev, since this is just the front end, but it will atleast not let the simulator crash.
• What alternative approaches did you consider?
  I tried to somehow get the project to save in local dev, but it was getting too out of scope so I settled with error handling.
• Why did you choose this specific implementation?
  This is the simplest approach that works without problems.
• What are the key functions/components and what do they do?
  First, it checks whether data exists
  then it checks whether the data was corrupted/malformed or not
  then it checks whether the previous project had valid circuits
  Uses fallback value instead of displaying "undefined" to user
  Protects against failures in load function itself.
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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Strengthened recovery flow with validation, guarded parsing, and guaranteed cleanup of invalid or corrupted recovery data.
  • Improved error reporting and logging for failed restore attempts.

• Improvements

  • Added a confirmation dialog showing a derived project name before restoring, clearer success/error messages, and retry-safe behavior.

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Walkthrough

The recoverProject flow was rewritten into a guarded, multi-step process. It checks for recovery data, parses JSON inside try/catch, validates the parsed value is an object with a non-empty scopes array, derives a projectName fallback, prompts the user to confirm recovery, and attempts loading inside a nested try/catch. It emits explicit success/error messages and removes the localStorage recovery item on parse errors, load failures, user denial, or after successful recovery.

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✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title accurately describes the main change - adding graceful error handling to the recover project functionality.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The PR implements all key requirements from issue #927: validates recovery data presence, handles corrupted/malformed data, prevents simulator crashes, and shows appropriate error messages.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	All changes are directly related to fixing the recover project functionality. No unrelated modifications or refactoring were introduced.
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🧹 Recent nitpick comments

src/simulator/src/data/project.ts (1)

26-26: Nit: minor comment formatting.

Missing space after // and the comment restates what the try block already conveys. Consider either dropping it or making it a proper JSDoc-style note.

-    try {                                     //error handling for JSON parse and load function
+    try {

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[Audatic07]

afaik the failed checks are due to internal server errors unrelated to the code itself.

[naman79820]

Hey @Audatic07 could you push an empty commit to rerun those CI checks?

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Actionable comments posted: 1

🤖 Fix all issues with AI agents

In `@src/simulator/src/data/project.ts`:
- Around line 48-51: When load(data) throws inside the catch block, the recovery
entry in localStorage (key "recover") is not cleared, causing repeated failed
recovery attempts; update the catch block in project.ts to remove the recovery
data (localStorage.removeItem('recover')) and then show the existing error
handling (showError and console.error) so the user can escape the retry loop —
reference the catch around load(data) and the "recover" key.

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Actionable comments posted: 1

🤖 Fix all issues with AI agents

In `@src/simulator/src/data/project.ts`:
- Around line 53-55: The current else branch immediately calls
localStorage.removeItem('recover') which permanently deletes recovery data when
the user clicks "No"; change the logic so that recovery data is not removed on a
simple decline — move localStorage.removeItem('recover') into the confirmed
"Yes" path (the handler that processes a positive confirmation) or replace the
"No" branch with a clear irreversible-warning flow that requires an explicit
user action to delete; update the confirmation handler in the same module (the
function that currently shows the confirmation and uses
localStorage.removeItem('recover')) so deletion only occurs after explicit
consent.

[Audatic07]

@Nihal4777 ci is green, please review :)

[naman79820]

Tested locally , simulator is not freezing and can be interacted
Ready to be reviewed
@tachyons @Nihal4777