From 127ac0a6b2ad8410840376198fc6b494d799365e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shivam Mishra <scm.mymail@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 11:42:33 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: show backend error message on API channel creation
 failure (#13855)

---
 .../routes/dashboard/settings/inbox/channels/Api.vue         | 5 ++++-
 app/javascript/dashboard/store/modules/inboxes.js            | 3 +--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/javascript/dashboard/routes/dashboard/settings/inbox/channels/Api.vue b/app/javascript/dashboard/routes/dashboard/settings/inbox/channels/Api.vue
index 15054fe1e..cffac463f 100644
--- a/app/javascript/dashboard/routes/dashboard/settings/inbox/channels/Api.vue
+++ b/app/javascript/dashboard/routes/dashboard/settings/inbox/channels/Api.vue
@@ -57,7 +57,10 @@ export default {
           },
         });
       } catch (error) {
-        useAlert(this.$t('INBOX_MGMT.ADD.API_CHANNEL.API.ERROR_MESSAGE'));
+        useAlert(
+          error.message ||
+            this.$t('INBOX_MGMT.ADD.API_CHANNEL.API.ERROR_MESSAGE')
+        );
       }
     },
   },
diff --git a/app/javascript/dashboard/store/modules/inboxes.js b/app/javascript/dashboard/store/modules/inboxes.js
index 49926f378..3f374dce2 100644
--- a/app/javascript/dashboard/store/modules/inboxes.js
+++ b/app/javascript/dashboard/store/modules/inboxes.js
@@ -220,9 +220,8 @@ export const actions = {
       sendAnalyticsEvent(channel.type);
       return response.data;
     } catch (error) {
-      const errorMessage = error?.response?.data?.message;
       commit(types.default.SET_INBOXES_UI_FLAG, { isCreating: false });
-      throw new Error(errorMessage);
+      return throwErrorMessage(error);
     }
   },
   createWebsiteChannel: async ({ commit }, params) => {