Improved error messages for private object stores.

client/src/components/History/Content/Dataset/DatasetDetails.vue

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { useDatasetStore } from "@/stores/datasetStore";
 import { type ItemUrls } from ".";
 
 import DatasetActions from "./DatasetActions.vue";
+import DatasetMiscInfo from "./DatasetMiscInfo.vue";
 
 const datasetStore = useDatasetStore();
 
@@ -56,9 +57,7 @@ function toggleHighlights() {
                             result.genome_build
                         }}</BLink>
                     </span>
-                    <div v-if="result.misc_info" class="info">
-                        <span class="value">{{ result.misc_info }}</span>
-                    </div>
+                    <DatasetMiscInfo v-if="result.misc_info" :misc-info="result.misc_info" />
                 </div>
                 <DatasetActions
                     :item="result"

client/src/components/History/Content/Dataset/DatasetMiscInfo.vue

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import { computed, ref, watch } from "vue";
+
+interface Props {
+    miscInfo: string;
+}
+
+const showErrorHelp = ref(false);
+const sharingError = ref(false);
+
+// old sharable error: Attempted to create shared output datasets in objectstore with sharing disabled
+// new sharable error: Job attempted to create sharable output datasets in a storage location with sharing disabled
+const sharingErrorRex: RegExp = /with sharing disabled/g;
+const knownErrors = [{ regex: sharingErrorRex, modalRef: sharingError }];
+
+const props = defineProps<Props>();
+
+const fixable = computed(() => {
+    return true;
+});
+
+watch(
+    props,
+    () => {
+        for (const knownError of knownErrors) {
+            const regex = knownError.regex;
+            if (props.miscInfo.match(regex)) {
+                knownError.modalRef.value = true;
+            }
+        }
+    },
+    { immediate: true }
+);
+
+function showHelp() {
+    showErrorHelp.value = true;
+}
+</script>
+
+<template>
+    <div class="info">
+        <b-modal v-if="sharingError" v-model="showErrorHelp" title="Dataset Sharing Misconfigured" ok-only>
+            <p>
+                This error message indicates that your history is setup to allow sharing but your job was run in a
+                configuration to target a storage location that explicitly disables sharing.
+            </p>
+            <p>
+                To fix this configure your history so that new datasets are private or target a different storage
+                location.
+            </p>
+            <p>
+                To re-configure your history, click the history menu and go to the "Set Permissions" option in the
+                dropdown. This should result in a toggle that allows you to configure the history so that new datasets
+                are created as private datasets.
+            </p>
+            <p>
+                There are many ways to instead target different storage for your job. This can be selected in the tool
+                or workflow form right before you execute your job or a different default for your history or user can
+                be chosen that allows for sharing.
+            </p>
+        </b-modal>
+        <span class="value">{{ miscInfo }} <a v-if="fixable" href="#" @click="showHelp">How do I fix this?</a></span>
+    </div>
+</template>

lib/galaxy/jobs/runners/__init__.py

@@ -203,9 +203,10 @@ def put(self, job_wrapper: "MinimalJobWrapper"):
             queue_job = job_wrapper.enqueue()
         except Exception as e:
             queue_job = False
-            # Required for exceptions thrown by object store incompatiblity.
+            # Required for exceptions thrown by object store incompatibility.
             # tested by test/integration/objectstore/test_private_handling.py
-            job_wrapper.fail(str(e), exception=e)
+            message = e.client_message if hasattr(e, "client_message") else str(e)
+            job_wrapper.fail(message, exception=e)
             log.debug(f"Job [{job_wrapper.job_id}] failed to queue {put_timer}")
             return
         if queue_job:

lib/galaxy/objectstore/__init__.py

@@ -1609,6 +1609,22 @@ def ids_per_quota_source(self, include_default_quota_source=False):
         return quota_sources
 
 
+class ObjectCreationProblem(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+# Calling these client_message to make it clear they should use the language of the
+# Galaxy UI/UX - for instance "storage location" not "objectstore".
+class ObjectCreationProblemSharingDisabled(ObjectCreationProblem):
+    client_message = "Job attempted to create sharable output datasets in a storage location with sharing disabled"
+
+
+class ObjectCreationProblemStoreFull(ObjectCreationProblem):
+    client_message = (
+        "Job attempted to create output datasets in a full storage location, please contact your admin for more details"
+    )
+
+
 class ObjectStorePopulator:
     """Small helper for interacting with the object store and making sure all
     datasets from a job end up with the same object_store_id.
@@ -1635,9 +1651,9 @@ def set_dataset_object_store_id(self, dataset, require_shareable=True):
             ensure_non_private = require_shareable
             concrete_store = self.object_store.create(dataset, ensure_non_private=ensure_non_private)
             if concrete_store.private and require_shareable:
-                raise Exception("Attempted to create shared output datasets in objectstore with sharing disabled")
+                raise ObjectCreationProblemSharingDisabled()
         except ObjectInvalid:
-            raise Exception("Unable to create output dataset: object store is full")
+            raise ObjectCreationProblemStoreFull()
         self.object_store_id = dataset.object_store_id  # these will be the same thing after the first output