fix: remaining starred-project issues, plus better Error logging and user verbiage

src/utils/logger.ts

@@ -24,10 +24,28 @@ export function getMemoryLogs(): string[] {
   return [..._memoryLogs];
 }
 
+/**
+ * Stringify an object with proper handling of circular references and functions
+ *
+ * Don't use for arrays; map with this over the array.
+ *
+ * @param obj - The object to stringify
+ * @returns The stringified object, plus 'message' and 'stack' for Error objects
+ */
 export function safeStringify(obj: unknown) {
   const seen = new WeakSet();
 
-  return JSON.stringify(obj, (_key, value) => {
+  // since 'message' & 'stack' are not enumerable for errors, let's add those
+  let objToStringify = obj;
+  if (obj instanceof Error) {
+    objToStringify = {
+      ...obj,
+      message: obj.message,
+      stack: obj.stack,
+    };
+  }
+
+  return JSON.stringify(objToStringify, (_key, value) => {
     if (typeof value === "object" && value !== null) {
       if (seen.has(value)) {
         return "[Circular]";
@@ -178,7 +196,8 @@ export const logger = {
     }
 
     // Database logging
-    const argsString = args.length > 0 ? " - " + safeStringify(args) : "";
+    const argsString =
+      args.length > 0 ? " - " + args.map(safeStringify).join(", ") : "";
     logToDatabase(message + argsString, "info");
   },
 
@@ -189,7 +208,8 @@ export const logger = {
     }
 
     // Database logging
-    const argsString = args.length > 0 ? " - " + safeStringify(args) : "";
+    const argsString =
+      args.length > 0 ? " - " + args.map(safeStringify).join(", ") : "";
     logToDatabase(message + argsString, "info");
   },
 
@@ -200,7 +220,8 @@ export const logger = {
     }
 
     // Database logging
-    const argsString = args.length > 0 ? " - " + safeStringify(args) : "";
+    const argsString =
+      args.length > 0 ? " - " + args.map(safeStringify).join(", ") : "";
     logToDatabase(message + argsString, "warn");
   },
 
@@ -211,9 +232,9 @@ export const logger = {
     }
 
     // Database logging
-    const messageString = safeStringify(message);
-    const argsString = args.length > 0 ? safeStringify(args) : "";
-    logToDatabase(messageString + argsString, "error");
+    const argsString =
+      args.length > 0 ? " - " + args.map(safeStringify).join(", ") : "";
+    logToDatabase(message + argsString, "error");
   },
 
   // New database-focused methods (self-contained)