From 68af9c1b2b8c35f8eec204d33947d47f10b3b67d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ciregenz <ciregenz@berkeley.edu>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2026 15:10:55 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [eric] frontend: activation_failed telemetry logged [object
 Object], surface err.message

---
 frontend/src/shared/hooks/useDeepLink.ts | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/shared/hooks/useDeepLink.ts b/frontend/src/shared/hooks/useDeepLink.ts
index 8b00c486..c78ffbfd 100644
--- a/frontend/src/shared/hooks/useDeepLink.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/shared/hooks/useDeepLink.ts
@@ -46,8 +46,9 @@ export function useDeepLink(): void {
             })
             .catch((err) => {
               console.error('[deep-link] Sign-in activation failed:', err);
+              // unwrap() rejects with a SerializedError object; String() of it is "[object Object]".
               report('signin', 'activation_failed', {
-                message: String(err).slice(0, 120),
+                message: String(err?.message ?? err).slice(0, 120),
               });
             });
           return;
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ export function useDeepLink(): void {
           .catch((err) => {
             console.error('[deep-link] Activation failed:', err);
             report('subscription', 'activation_failed', {
-              message: String(err).slice(0, 120),
+              message: String(err?.message ?? err).slice(0, 120),
             });
           });
       } catch (e) {