chore(orchestration): serialize error (#6967)

packages/orchestration/src/transaction/errors.ts

@@ -45,3 +45,30 @@ export class TransactionTimeoutError extends Error {
     this.name = "TransactionTimeoutError"
   }
 }
+
+export function serializeError(error) {
+  const serialized = {
+    message: error.message,
+    name: error.name,
+    stack: error.stack,
+  }
+
+  Object.getOwnPropertyNames(error).forEach((key) => {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-prototype-builtins
+    if (!serialized.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
+      serialized[key] = error[key]
+    }
+  })
+
+  return serialized
+}
+
+export function isErrorLike(value) {
+  return (
+    !!value &&
+    typeof value === "object" &&
+    "name" in value &&
+    "message" in value &&
+    "stack" in value
+  )
+}

packages/orchestration/src/transaction/transaction-orchestrator.ts

@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ import {
 import { MedusaError, promiseAll, TransactionStepState } from "@medusajs/utils"
 import { EventEmitter } from "events"
 import {
+  isErrorLike,
   PermanentStepFailureError,
+  serializeError,
   TransactionStepTimeoutError,
   TransactionTimeoutError,
 } from "./errors"
@@ -479,6 +481,10 @@ export class TransactionOrchestrator extends EventEmitter {
   ): Promise<void> {
     step.failures++
 
+    if (isErrorLike(error)) {
+      error = serializeError(error)
+    }
+
     if (
       !isTimeout &&
       step.getStates().status !== TransactionStepStatus.PERMANENT_FAILURE