fix: Handle uncaught exception in create-amplify (#2828)

vincetran · web-flow · commit 995b33502748 · 2025-06-16T13:06:21.000-07:00
* fix: Handle uncaught exception in create-amplify

* update based on PR comments
diff --git a/.changeset/eighty-spoons-tickle.md b/.changeset/eighty-spoons-tickle.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+'create-amplify': patch
+'@aws-amplify/cli-core': minor
+'@aws-amplify/backend-cli': patch
+---
+
+Handle uncaught exception in create-amplify and refactor the error handler to cli-core
diff --git a/packages/cli-core/API.md b/packages/cli-core/API.md
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 ```ts
 
 import { AmplifyIOHost } from '@aws-amplify/plugin-types';
+import { Argv } from 'yargs';
 import { PackageManagerController } from '@aws-amplify/plugin-types';
+import { UsageDataEmitter } from '@aws-amplify/platform-core';
 import { WriteStream } from 'node:tty';
 import z from 'zod';
 
@@ -33,12 +35,18 @@ export class AmplifyPrompter {
     }) => Promise<boolean>;
 }
 
+// @public
+export const attachUnhandledExceptionListeners: (usageDataEmitter?: UsageDataEmitter) => void;
+
 // @public (undocumented)
 export type ColorName = (typeof colorNames)[number];
 
 // @public (undocumented)
 export const colorNames: readonly ["Green", "Yellow", "Blue", "Magenta", "Cyan", "Red"];
 
+// @public
+export const extractSubCommands: (yargs: Argv) => string | undefined;
+
 // @public
 export class Format {
     constructor(packageManagerRunnerName?: string);
@@ -75,6 +83,9 @@ export class Format {
 // @public (undocumented)
 export const format: Format;
 
+// @public
+export const generateCommandFailureHandler: (parser?: Argv, usageDataEmitter?: UsageDataEmitter) => ((message: string, error: Error) => Promise<void>);
+
 // @public (undocumented)
 export enum LogLevel {
     // (undocumented)
@@ -185,7 +196,7 @@ export const noticeSchema: z.ZodObject<{
         errorMessage: string;
     })[];
     link?: string | undefined;
-    frequency?: "once" | "command" | "deployment" | "daily" | undefined;
+    frequency?: "command" | "once" | "deployment" | "daily" | undefined;
     validFrom?: number | undefined;
     validTo?: number | undefined;
 }, {
@@ -213,7 +224,7 @@ export const noticeSchema: z.ZodObject<{
         errorMessage: string;
     })[];
     link?: string | undefined;
-    frequency?: "once" | "command" | "deployment" | "daily" | undefined;
+    frequency?: "command" | "once" | "deployment" | "daily" | undefined;
     validFrom?: number | undefined;
     validTo?: number | undefined;
 }>;
@@ -314,7 +325,7 @@ export const noticesManifestSchema: z.ZodObject<{
             errorMessage: string;
         })[];
         link?: string | undefined;
-        frequency?: "once" | "command" | "deployment" | "daily" | undefined;
+        frequency?: "command" | "once" | "deployment" | "daily" | undefined;
         validFrom?: number | undefined;
         validTo?: number | undefined;
     }, {
@@ -342,7 +353,7 @@ export const noticesManifestSchema: z.ZodObject<{
             errorMessage: string;
         })[];
         link?: string | undefined;
-        frequency?: "once" | "command" | "deployment" | "daily" | undefined;
+        frequency?: "command" | "once" | "deployment" | "daily" | undefined;
         validFrom?: number | undefined;
         validTo?: number | undefined;
     }>, "many">;
@@ -372,7 +383,7 @@ export const noticesManifestSchema: z.ZodObject<{
             errorMessage: string;
         })[];
         link?: string | undefined;
-        frequency?: "once" | "command" | "deployment" | "daily" | undefined;
+        frequency?: "command" | "once" | "deployment" | "daily" | undefined;
         validFrom?: number | undefined;
         validTo?: number | undefined;
     }[];
@@ -402,7 +413,7 @@ export const noticesManifestSchema: z.ZodObject<{
             errorMessage: string;
         })[];
         link?: string | undefined;
-        frequency?: "once" | "command" | "deployment" | "daily" | undefined;
+        frequency?: "command" | "once" | "deployment" | "daily" | undefined;
         validFrom?: number | undefined;
         validTo?: number | undefined;
     }[];
diff --git a/packages/cli-core/package.json b/packages/cli-core/package.json
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     "strip-ansi": "^7.1.0",
     "wrap-ansi": "^9.0.0",
     "semver": "^7.6.3",
-    "zod": "3.25.17"
+    "zod": "3.25.17",
+    "yargs": "^17.7.2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/cli-core/src/error_handler.test.ts b/packages/cli-core/src/error_handler.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ import {
   generateCommandFailureHandler,
 } from './error_handler.js';
 import { Argv } from 'yargs';
-import { LogLevel, format, printer } from '@aws-amplify/cli-core';
+import { format } from './format/format.js';
+import { LogLevel } from './printer/printer.js';
+import { printer } from './printer.js';
 import assert from 'node:assert';
 import { AmplifyUserError, UsageDataEmitter } from '@aws-amplify/platform-core';
 
diff --git a/packages/cli-core/src/error_handler.ts b/packages/cli-core/src/error_handler.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-import { LogLevel, format, printer } from '@aws-amplify/cli-core';
+import { format } from './format/format.js';
+import { LogLevel } from './printer/printer.js';
+import { printer } from './printer.js';
 import { Argv } from 'yargs';
 import { AmplifyError, UsageDataEmitter } from '@aws-amplify/platform-core';
 import { extractSubCommands } from './extract_sub_commands.js';
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ type HandleErrorProps = {
  * Attaches process listeners to handle unhandled exceptions and rejections
  */
 export const attachUnhandledExceptionListeners = (
-  usageDataEmitter: UsageDataEmitter,
+  usageDataEmitter?: UsageDataEmitter,
 ): void => {
   if (hasAttachUnhandledExceptionListenersBeenCalled) {
     return;
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ export const attachUnhandledExceptionListeners = (
  * This prevents our top-level error handler from being invoked after the yargs error handler has already been invoked
  */
 export const generateCommandFailureHandler = (
-  parser: Argv,
+  parser?: Argv,
   usageDataEmitter?: UsageDataEmitter,
 ): ((message: string, error: Error) => Promise<void>) => {
   /**
@@ -63,19 +65,29 @@ export const generateCommandFailureHandler = (
    * @param error error thrown by yargs handler
    */
   const handleCommandFailure = async (message: string, error?: Error) => {
-    const printHelp = () => {
-      printer.printNewLine();
-      parser.showHelp();
-      printer.printNewLine();
-    };
-    await handleErrorSafe({
-      command: extractSubCommands(parser),
-      printMessagePreamble: printHelp,
-      error,
-      message,
-      usageDataEmitter,
-    });
-    parser.exit(1, error || new Error(message));
+    if (!parser) {
+      await handleErrorSafe({
+        error,
+        message,
+      });
+    }
+
+    // for ampx commands
+    if (parser) {
+      const printHelp = () => {
+        printer.printNewLine();
+        parser.showHelp();
+        printer.printNewLine();
+      };
+      await handleErrorSafe({
+        command: extractSubCommands(parser),
+        printMessagePreamble: printHelp,
+        error,
+        message,
+        usageDataEmitter,
+      });
+      parser.exit(1, error || new Error(message));
+    }
   };
   return handleCommandFailure;
 };
diff --git a/packages/cli-core/src/extract_sub_commands.ts b/packages/cli-core/src/extract_sub_commands.ts
diff --git a/packages/cli-core/src/index.ts b/packages/cli-core/src/index.ts
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ export * from './package-manager-controller/package_manager_controller_factory.j
 export * from './loggers/amplify_io_events_bridge_singleton_factory.js';
 export * from './notices/notices.js';
 export * from './notices/notices_manifest_validator.js';
+export * from './error_handler.js';
+export * from './extract_sub_commands.js';
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ampx.ts b/packages/cli/src/ampx.ts
@@ -7,11 +7,6 @@ import {
 import { AsyncLocalStorageContextManager } from '@opentelemetry/context-async-hooks';
 import { BasicTracerProvider } from '@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base';
 import { createMainParser } from './main_parser_factory.js';
-import {
-  attachUnhandledExceptionListeners,
-  generateCommandFailureHandler,
-} from './error_handler.js';
-import { extractSubCommands } from './extract_sub_commands.js';
 import {
   AmplifyFault,
   PackageJsonReader,
@@ -25,7 +20,13 @@ import {
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import { verifyCommandName } from './verify_command_name.js';
 import { hideBin } from 'yargs/helpers';
-import { PackageManagerControllerFactory, format } from '@aws-amplify/cli-core';
+import {
+  PackageManagerControllerFactory,
+  attachUnhandledExceptionListeners,
+  extractSubCommands,
+  format,
+  generateCommandFailureHandler,
+} from '@aws-amplify/cli-core';
 import { NoticesRenderer } from './notices/notices_renderer.js';
 import { extractCommandInfo } from './extract_command_info.js';
 import { DeepPartial } from '@aws-amplify/plugin-types';
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/test-utils/command_runner.ts b/packages/cli/src/test-utils/command_runner.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import { Argv } from 'yargs';
 import { AsyncLocalStorage } from 'node:async_hooks';
 import { UsageDataEmitter } from '@aws-amplify/platform-core';
-import { generateCommandFailureHandler } from '../error_handler.js';
-import { extractSubCommands } from '../extract_sub_commands.js';
+import {
+  extractSubCommands,
+  generateCommandFailureHandler,
+} from '@aws-amplify/cli-core';
 
 class OutputInterceptor {
   private output = '';
diff --git a/packages/create-amplify/src/create_amplify.ts b/packages/create-amplify/src/create_amplify.ts
@@ -8,37 +8,44 @@
  */
 
 import {
-  LogLevel,
   PackageManagerControllerFactory,
+  attachUnhandledExceptionListeners,
   format,
-  printer,
+  generateCommandFailureHandler,
 } from '@aws-amplify/cli-core';
 import { ProjectRootValidator } from './project_root_validator.js';
 import { AmplifyProjectCreator } from './amplify_project_creator.js';
 import { getProjectRoot } from './get_project_root.js';
 import { GitIgnoreInitializer } from './gitignore_initializer.js';
 import { InitialProjectFileGenerator } from './initial_project_file_generator.js';
 
-const projectRoot = await getProjectRoot();
+attachUnhandledExceptionListeners();
+const errorHandler = generateCommandFailureHandler();
 
-const packageManagerControllerFactory = new PackageManagerControllerFactory(
-  projectRoot,
-);
+try {
+  const projectRoot = await getProjectRoot();
 
-const packageManagerController =
-  packageManagerControllerFactory.getPackageManagerController();
+  const packageManagerControllerFactory = new PackageManagerControllerFactory(
+    projectRoot,
+  );
 
-const amplifyProjectCreator = new AmplifyProjectCreator(
-  projectRoot,
-  packageManagerController,
-  new ProjectRootValidator(projectRoot),
-  new GitIgnoreInitializer(projectRoot),
-  new InitialProjectFileGenerator(projectRoot, packageManagerController),
-);
+  const packageManagerController =
+    packageManagerControllerFactory.getPackageManagerController();
+
+  const amplifyProjectCreator = new AmplifyProjectCreator(
+    projectRoot,
+    packageManagerController,
+    new ProjectRootValidator(projectRoot),
+    new GitIgnoreInitializer(projectRoot),
+    new InitialProjectFileGenerator(projectRoot, packageManagerController),
+  );
 
-try {
   await amplifyProjectCreator.create();
 } catch (err) {
-  printer.log(format.error(err), LogLevel.ERROR);
-  process.exitCode = 1;
+  if (err instanceof Error) {
+    await errorHandler(format.error(err), err);
+  } else {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @aws-amplify/amplify-backend-rules/prefer-amplify-errors
+    await errorHandler(format.error(err), new Error(JSON.stringify(err)));
+  }
 }

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@`
`29`	`29`	`"strip-ansi": "^7.1.0",`
`30`	`30`	`"wrap-ansi": "^9.0.0",`
`31`	`31`	`"semver": "^7.6.3",`
`32`		`- "zod": "3.25.17"`
	`32`	`+ "zod": "3.25.17",`
	`33`	`+ "yargs": "^17.7.2"`
`33`	`34`	`}`
`34`	`35`	`}`