feat: unmask exceptions on blob retrieve error (#10704)

jennifer-richards · web-flow · commit dee75e2e67bc · 2026-04-13T15:37:33.000-03:00
These have not been encountered in at least three months, likely longer.

Still remains to unmask exceptions when storing blobs. We are probably
ready to do that, but log noise caused by expected failures makes it
hard to be certain. Soon...
diff --git a/ietf/doc/storage_utils.py b/ietf/doc/storage_utils.py
@@ -178,8 +178,7 @@ def retrieve_bytes(kind: str, name: str) -> bytes:
                     content = f.read()
         except Exception as err:
             log(f"Blobstore Error: Failed to read bytes from {kind}:{name}: {repr(err)}")
-            if settings.SERVER_MODE == "development":
-                raise
+            raise
     return content
 
 
@@ -192,6 +191,5 @@ def retrieve_str(kind: str, name: str) -> str:
             content = content_bytes.decode("utf-8")
         except Exception as err:
             log(f"Blobstore Error: Failed to read string from {kind}:{name}: {repr(err)}")
-            if settings.SERVER_MODE == "development":
-                raise
+            raise
     return content
