From a1df168243dad7ff4d10c1f924ec8528b61a5a55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daman Arora <daman.arora@shapeblue.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 17:21:26 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] improve error handling for template upload notifications

---
 ui/src/utils/plugins.js                         | 13 +++++++------
 ui/src/views/image/RegisterOrUploadTemplate.vue |  6 +-----
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ui/src/utils/plugins.js b/ui/src/utils/plugins.js
index a07f8178604f..0ec957c87292 100644
--- a/ui/src/utils/plugins.js
+++ b/ui/src/utils/plugins.js
@@ -218,18 +218,19 @@ export const notifierPlugin = {
         if (error.response.status) {
           msg = `${i18n.global.t('message.request.failed')} (${error.response.status})`
         }
-        if (error.message) {
-          desc = error.message
-        }
-        if (error.response.headers && 'x-description' in error.response.headers) {
+        if (error.response.headers?.['x-description']) {
           desc = error.response.headers['x-description']
-        }
-        if (desc === '' && error.response.data) {
+        } else if (error.response.data) {
           const responseKey = _.findKey(error.response.data, 'errortext')
           if (responseKey) {
             desc = error.response.data[responseKey].errortext
+          } else if (typeof error.response.data === 'string') {
+            desc = error.response.data
           }
         }
+        if (!desc && error.message) {
+          desc = error.message
+        }
       }
       let countNotify = store.getters.countNotify
       countNotify++
diff --git a/ui/src/views/image/RegisterOrUploadTemplate.vue b/ui/src/views/image/RegisterOrUploadTemplate.vue
index 76df7b246aa1..3ada9f6fd531 100644
--- a/ui/src/views/image/RegisterOrUploadTemplate.vue
+++ b/ui/src/views/image/RegisterOrUploadTemplate.vue
@@ -638,11 +638,7 @@ export default {
         this.$emit('refresh-data')
         this.closeAction()
       }).catch(e => {
-        this.$notification.error({
-          message: this.$t('message.upload.failed'),
-          description: `${this.$t('message.upload.template.failed.description')} -  ${e}`,
-          duration: 0
-        })
+        this.$notifyError(e)
       })
     },
     fetchCustomHypervisorName () {