From 6edaf9206f8f5261e17f0da5d35550d940fa2402 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrick Britton <admin@pbritton.dev>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 12:23:52 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Admin: fix silent error swallowing - show alerts on action
 failures

---
 admin/src/app/moderation/page.tsx |  8 ++++++--
 admin/src/app/users/[id]/page.tsx | 16 ++++++++++++----
 admin/src/app/users/page.tsx      |  4 +++-
 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/admin/src/app/moderation/page.tsx b/admin/src/app/moderation/page.tsx
index 4b97274..c262125 100644
--- a/admin/src/app/moderation/page.tsx
+++ b/admin/src/app/moderation/page.tsx
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ export default function ModerationPage() {
       setReviewingId(null);
       setReason('');
       fetchQueue();
-    } catch {}
+    } catch (e: any) {
+      alert(`Action failed: ${e.message}`);
+    }
   };
 
   const toggleSelect = (id: string) => {
@@ -60,7 +62,9 @@ export default function ModerationPage() {
       await api.bulkReviewModeration(Array.from(selected), action, 'Bulk admin review');
       setSelected(new Set());
       fetchQueue();
-    } catch {}
+    } catch (e: any) {
+      alert(`Bulk action failed: ${e.message}`);
+    }
     setBulkLoading(false);
   };
 
diff --git a/admin/src/app/users/[id]/page.tsx b/admin/src/app/users/[id]/page.tsx
index 3ec40c0..80c339e 100644
--- a/admin/src/app/users/[id]/page.tsx
+++ b/admin/src/app/users/[id]/page.tsx
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ export default function UserDetailPage() {
       setShowModal(null);
       setReason('');
       fetchUser();
-    } catch {}
+    } catch (e: any) {
+      alert(`Status change failed: ${e.message}`);
+    }
     setActionLoading(false);
   };
 
@@ -44,7 +46,9 @@ export default function UserDetailPage() {
     try {
       await api.updateUserRole(params.id as string, role);
       fetchUser();
-    } catch {}
+    } catch (e: any) {
+      alert(`Role change failed: ${e.message}`);
+    }
     setActionLoading(false);
   };
 
@@ -53,7 +57,9 @@ export default function UserDetailPage() {
     try {
       await api.updateUserVerification(params.id as string, isOfficial, isVerified);
       fetchUser();
-    } catch {}
+    } catch (e: any) {
+      alert(`Verification update failed: ${e.message}`);
+    }
     setActionLoading(false);
   };
 
@@ -62,7 +68,9 @@ export default function UserDetailPage() {
     try {
       await api.resetUserStrikes(params.id as string);
       fetchUser();
-    } catch {}
+    } catch (e: any) {
+      alert(`Reset strikes failed: ${e.message}`);
+    }
     setActionLoading(false);
   };
 
diff --git a/admin/src/app/users/page.tsx b/admin/src/app/users/page.tsx
index 7f100e4..2f53eb8 100644
--- a/admin/src/app/users/page.tsx
+++ b/admin/src/app/users/page.tsx
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ export default function UsersPage() {
       await api.bulkUpdateUsers(Array.from(selected), action, 'Bulk admin action');
       setSelected(new Set());
       fetchUsers();
-    } catch {}
+    } catch (e: any) {
+      alert(`Bulk action failed: ${e.message}`);
+    }
     setBulkLoading(false);
   };