exception-tracker: send exc id headers on failed API calls for tracking errors that server generated.

rhodecode/api/__init__.py

@@ -122,7 +122,7 b' def jsonrpc_response(request, result):'
     return response
 
 
-def jsonrpc_error(request, message, retid=None, code=None):
+def jsonrpc_error(request, message, retid=None, code=None, headers=None):
     """
     Generate a Response object with a JSON-RPC error body
 
@@ -132,10 +132,12 b' def jsonrpc_error(request, message, reti'
     """
     err_dict = {'id': retid, 'result': None, 'error': message}
     body = render(DEFAULT_RENDERER, err_dict, request=request).encode('utf-8')
+
     return Response(
         body=body,
         status=code,
-        content_type='application/json'
+        content_type='application/json',
+        headerlist=headers
     )
 
 
@@ -287,8 +289,7 b' def request_view(request):'
     })
 
     # register some common functions for usage
-    attach_context_attributes(
-        TemplateArgs(), request, request.rpc_user.user_id)
+    attach_context_attributes(TemplateArgs(), request, request.rpc_user.user_id)
 
     try:
         ret_value = func(**call_params)
@@ -298,9 +299,13 b' def request_view(request):'
     except Exception:
         log.exception('Unhandled exception occurred on api call: %s', func)
         exc_info = sys.exc_info()
-        store_exception(id(exc_info), exc_info, prefix='rhodecode-api')
+        exc_id, exc_type_name = store_exception(
+            id(exc_info), exc_info, prefix='rhodecode-api')
+        error_headers = [('RhodeCode-Exception-Id', str(exc_id)),
+                         ('RhodeCode-Exception-Type', str(exc_type_name))]
         return jsonrpc_error(
-            request, retid=request.rpc_id, message='Internal server error')
+            request, retid=request.rpc_id, message='Internal server error',
+            headers=error_headers)
 
 
 def setup_request(request):

rhodecode/lib/exc_tracking.py

@@ -115,6 +115,7 b' def store_exception(exc_id, exc_info, pr'
         exc_type_name, exc_traceback = _prepare_exception(exc_info)
         _store_exception(exc_id=exc_id, exc_type_name=exc_type_name,
                          exc_traceback=exc_traceback, prefix=prefix)
+        return exc_id, exc_type_name
     except Exception:
         log.exception('Failed to store exception `%s` information', exc_id)
         # there's no way this can fail, it will crash server badly if it does.