From b8bb8a9942e3b9753d591d76cf93c591a65d82ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lapoaiscalers <lapo@etailup.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:53:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: handle Kie API errors returned with HTTP 200

Kie API returns HTTP 200 even on errors, with error code in the JSON body.
Now properly checks createResult.code !== 200 and returns the actual error
message from the API instead of generic "No task ID in response".

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 src/app/api/generate/route.ts | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/app/api/generate/route.ts b/src/app/api/generate/route.ts
index 590a662c..b737760c 100644
--- a/src/app/api/generate/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/generate/route.ts
@@ -1632,6 +1632,17 @@ async function generateWithKie(
   }
 
   const createResult = await createResponse.json();
+
+  // Kie API returns HTTP 200 even on errors, check the response code
+  if (createResult.code && createResult.code !== 200) {
+    const errorMsg = createResult.msg || createResult.message || "API error";
+    console.error(`[API:${requestId}] Kie API error (code ${createResult.code}):`, errorMsg);
+    return {
+      success: false,
+      error: `${input.model.name}: ${errorMsg}`,
+    };
+  }
+
   const taskId = createResult.taskId || createResult.data?.taskId || createResult.id;
 
   if (!taskId) {