From d0e69aaf7fd064b3263127279944feecb3d6e9fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Kendrick <tim.kendrick@ag-grid.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2023 16:04:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Serialize worker errors

---
 packages/worker-utils/lib.test.ts   |  1 +
 packages/worker-utils/src/worker.ts | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/worker-utils/lib.test.ts b/packages/worker-utils/lib.test.ts
index 705a6271..967f264e 100644
--- a/packages/worker-utils/lib.test.ts
+++ b/packages/worker-utils/lib.test.ts
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ test('module exports', () => {
     configureWorkerTask: lib.configureWorkerTask,
     createFsHelpers: lib.createFsHelpers,
     initTaskWorker: lib.initTaskWorker,
+    serializeWorkerError: lib.serializeWorkerError,
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/worker-utils/src/worker.ts b/packages/worker-utils/src/worker.ts
index 60f882be..ba4a3378 100644
--- a/packages/worker-utils/src/worker.ts
+++ b/packages/worker-utils/src/worker.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export function initTaskWorker<I, O>(
       runWorkerTask(task, data, runner)
         .then(
           (result) => ({ success: true as const, value: result }),
-          (error) => ({ success: false as const, error: error.message }),
+          (error) => ({ success: false as const, error: serializeWorkerError(error) }),
         )
         .then((output) => channel.postMessage(output));
     });
@@ -75,3 +75,25 @@ function runWorkerTask<I, O>(
     return Promise.reject(error);
   }
 }
+
+export function serializeWorkerError(error: unknown): Error {
+  if (error instanceof Error) {
+    if (isSerializable(error)) return error;
+    const { name, message, stack, ...properties } = error;
+    return Object.assign(new Error(message), {
+      name,
+      stack,
+      ...properties,
+    });
+  }
+  return new Error(String(error));
+}
+
+function isSerializable(value: unknown): boolean {
+  try {
+    structuredClone(value);
+    return true;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}