fix: constrain and explain the get_metrics type - #2
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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The PR improves metric validation and explains renamed fields, but its documentation overstates cross-version support and some 400 responses may still suggest the wrong retry when another request field is invalid. It is mergeable with explicit owner awareness or follow-up on those bounded issues. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Caller
participant get_metrics
participant runMetricsTool
participant UmamiAPI
Caller->>get_metrics: provide metric type
get_metrics->>runMetricsTool: validate and execute request
runMetricsTool->>UmamiAPI: request metrics
UmamiAPI-->>runMetricsTool: data or bare 400 response
runMetricsTool-->>Caller: data or alternate-name error
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The tool took `type` as a free-form string and its description offered "path/url", so a caller had no way to know that a given Umami rejects one of those. Umami answers an unsupported column with a bare 400 and no field information, which is indistinguishable from a bad date range, so the mistake was neither preventable nor diagnosable: an agent asking for a page breakdown by "url" against a v3 instance just got "400 Bad Request" and no way forward. `type` is now an enum spanning the columns v2 and v3 accept, taken from each line's SESSION_COLUMNS/EVENT_COLUMNS plus v3's `channel`. It is a union rather than one line's list because the two renamed columns instead of adding them (page: url/path, host: host/hostname), and pinning either spelling would break the other line. The union stops names no release has, such as the snake_case `utm_source` guess for `utmSource`. That leaves the renames, which the enum cannot resolve alone: Umami exposes no version endpoint, so the server cannot know up front which spelling the instance wants. A 400 on one of the renamed pair is therefore rewritten to name the other spelling to retry with, which is where the correction has to come from.
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In `@README.md`:
- Line 157: Update the get_metrics documentation to state that type accepts the
union of columns supported by either release line, while retaining the
version-specific mappings and v3-only columns already described.
Apply the same fix in `@test/server.test.ts` at line 152.
In `@src/server.ts`:
- Around line 167-170: Update the UmamiApiError handling around the
type-mismatch message so a bare HTTP 400 is not asserted to mean the metric name
was rejected. Require type-specific evidence from the API before stating that
the instance does not accept type; otherwise describe the alternate type as a
possible cause while preserving the existing retry guidance.
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| Date inputs accept either Unix timestamps in milliseconds or ISO 8601 date-times. Filters are passed through to Umami so the server can support version-specific fields. For example, Umami v3 calls its page filter `path`, while older v2 installations may use `url`. | ||
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| `get_metrics` takes a `type` drawn from the columns both release lines accept. Two of those were renamed between the lines: a page is `path` on v3 and `url` on v2, and a host is `hostname` on v3 and `host` on v2. `domain`, `fullPath`, `distinctId`, `channel`, and the UTM breakdowns are v3 only. Umami rejects a column its version does not know with a bare `400` carrying no field information, so sending the other line's name comes back as an error naming the one to retry with. |
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Describe the allowlist as a union.
Line 157 says both release lines accept these columns. The allowlist also includes release-specific columns such as url and channel. State that type accepts the union of columns supported by either release line.
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-`get_metrics` takes a `type` drawn from the columns both release lines accept.
+`get_metrics` takes a `type` drawn from the union of columns accepted by either release line.📝 Committable suggestion
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| `get_metrics` takes a `type` drawn from the columns both release lines accept. Two of those were renamed between the lines: a page is `path` on v3 and `url` on v2, and a host is `hostname` on v3 and `host` on v2. `domain`, `fullPath`, `distinctId`, `channel`, and the UTM breakdowns are v3 only. Umami rejects a column its version does not know with a bare `400` carrying no field information, so sending the other line's name comes back as an error naming the one to retry with. | |
| `get_metrics` takes a `type` drawn from the union of columns accepted by either release line. Two of those were renamed between the lines: a page is `path` on v3 and `url` on v2, and a host is `hostname` on v3 and `host` on v2. `domain`, `fullPath`, `distinctId`, `channel`, and the UTM breakdowns are v3 only. Umami rejects a column its version does not know with a bare `400` carrying no field information, so sending the other line's name comes back as an error naming the one to retry with. |
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In `@README.md` at line 157, Update the get_metrics documentation to state that
type accepts the union of columns supported by either release line, while
retaining the version-specific mappings and v3-only columns already described.
Apply the same fix in `@test/server.test.ts` at line 152.
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| if (error instanceof UmamiApiError && error.status === 400 && otherLine) { | ||
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| new UmamiApiError( | ||
| `${error.message}. This Umami instance does not accept type '${type}'; it is the other release line's name for this breakdown, so retry with '${otherLine}'.`, |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Do not identify every 400 as a metric-name mismatch.
Lines 143-145 state that a bare 400 can also result from an invalid date range. Lines 167-170 still state that the instance rejects type. A valid metric with another invalid request field receives incorrect retry guidance.
Only make this assertion when the API provides type-specific evidence. Otherwise, describe the alternate type as a possible cause.
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- `${error.message}. This Umami instance does not accept type '${type}'; it is the other release line's name for this breakdown, so retry with '${otherLine}'.`,
+ `${error.message}. This may indicate that this Umami instance uses '${otherLine}' instead of '${type}'. If the other request fields are valid, retry with '${otherLine}'.`,📝 Committable suggestion
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| if (error instanceof UmamiApiError && error.status === 400 && otherLine) { | |
| return toolFailure( | |
| new UmamiApiError( | |
| `${error.message}. This Umami instance does not accept type '${type}'; it is the other release line's name for this breakdown, so retry with '${otherLine}'.`, | |
| if (error instanceof UmamiApiError && error.status === 400 && otherLine) { | |
| return toolFailure( | |
| new UmamiApiError( | |
| `${error.message}. This may indicate that this Umami instance uses '${otherLine}' instead of '${type}'. If the other request fields are valid, retry with '${otherLine}'.`, |
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In `@src/server.ts` around lines 167 - 170, Update the UmamiApiError handling
around the type-mismatch message so a bare HTTP 400 is not asserted to mean the
metric name was rejected. Require type-specific evidence from the API before
stating that the instance does not accept type; otherwise describe the alternate
type as a possible cause while preserving the existing retry guidance.
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The failure
An agent asked for a page breakdown with
type: "url"against a self-hosted Umami 3.2.0 and got back:That is the whole response. Umami rejects an unsupported column with a bare
{"message":"Bad request"}carrying no field information, so the error is indistinguishable from a bad date range and the caller has no way to recover. The turn dead-ended.urlis the Umami v2 name for that column; v3 calls itpath. The tool declaredtypeasz.string().min(1)and described it as "path/url", so nothing in the schema, the description, or the error told the caller which spelling this instance wanted.Why an enum alone does not fix it
The obvious fix is to enumerate v3's columns. That would break every v2 user, and the README commits this server to "an official self-hosted Umami v2 or v3 instance".
The two lines renamed columns rather than adding them:
urlpathhosthostnameSo the enum here is the union of both lines, taken from each one's
SESSION_COLUMNS/EVENT_COLUMNSplus v3'schannel. It buys the case it can settle: names no release has, such as the snake_caseutm_sourceguess forutmSource, are now refused before the round trip.It cannot settle the renames, because
urlis a legal argument that only some instances accept, and Umami exposes no version endpoint for the server to check up front. For those, the correction has to come from the failure: a 400 on either renamed pair is rewritten to name the spelling to retry with.Verification
The new 400-rewriting test was confirmed to fail against unfixed code with the original opaque message before the fix went in.
All 26 accepted v3 columns were exercised against a live Umami 3.2.0 instance: 26/26 return 200. Column lists were read from Umami's
src/lib/constants.tsat v3.2.0 and v2.20.2 rather than inferred by probing, which had otherwise missed 11 valid columns (fullPath,entry,exit,domain,hostname, the five UTM fields,distinctId).End to end against that instance through an MCP client:
type: "url"400 Bad Request, dead endpathto retry withtype: "utm_source"400 Bad Requesttype: "path"type: "channel"npm run checkpasses: 49 tests, typecheck, and build.Also
The
filtersdescription carried the samepath/urlandhostname/hostambiguity. Umami'sfilterParamsacceptspathandhostnameand nourl/host, so the description now lists the real keys, including the camelCase UTM fields.Summary by CodeRabbit
New Features
path/urlandhost/hostname.Bug Fixes