Merge pull request #3284 from bsipocz/MAINT_raise_for_status

MAINT: raise more errors earlier

Author: bsipocz

CHANGES.rst

@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ query.py
   Some corner cases where downloads were not properly continued have been
   fixed. [#3232]
 
+utils
+^^^^^
+
+- Raising cleaner errors earlier when server returns with error. [#3284]
 
 
 0.4.10 (2025-03-18)

astroquery/utils/process_asyncs.py

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 """
 import textwrap
 import functools
+from requests import Response
+
 from .class_or_instance import class_or_instance
 from .docstr_chompers import remove_sections
 
@@ -26,6 +28,10 @@ def newmethod(self, *args, **kwargs):
             response = getattr(self, async_method_name)(*args, **kwargs)
             if kwargs.get('get_query_payload') or kwargs.get('field_help'):
                 return response
+            # mast is doing something weird by stacking the responses into a list while also using async_to_sync
+            # so we have to check for that here until it's refactored
+            if isinstance(response, Response):
+                response.raise_for_status()
             result = self._parse_result(response, verbose=verbose)
             self.table = result
             return result