From ac8cbb3296bd561a305627668c211dce7209df25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Caleb Allen <caleballen1276@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2026 12:06:02 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(12-02): serialize ScanWarning.Err as string instead of
 error interface

Go's error interface has no exported fields, so json.Marshal produced
{} for the error message. Converting to string at the addWarning call
site preserves the actual error text in the JSON payload.
---
 backend/library/metrics.go | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backend/library/metrics.go b/backend/library/metrics.go
index 0aaefb1..9d552a4 100644
--- a/backend/library/metrics.go
+++ b/backend/library/metrics.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ type ScanProgress struct {
 type ScanWarning struct {
 	FilePath string `json:"filePath"`
 	Phase    string `json:"phase"`
-	Err      error  `json:"err"`
+	Err      string `json:"err"`
 }
 
 func newScanMetrics() *ScanMetrics {
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func (m *ScanMetrics) addWarning(filePath, phase string, err error) {
 	m.Warnings = append(m.Warnings, ScanWarning{
 		FilePath: filePath,
 		Phase:    phase,
-		Err:      err,
+		Err:      err.Error(),
 	})
 }