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by tomschwiha 1097 days ago
Usually yes. And there can be alot going on: https://stripe.com/docs/error-codes

I guess it's the same intention, why to not tell the user an email is already registered on your site. Could be used for personalized scam/fraud. However often you trade security for comfort.

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Yeah it does not make sense to pass on every error message to the customer but don't these error codes get logged on the console anyways?