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Provide informative error when "invalid_account_type/feature/" happens on files/upload

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
api

Research direction

Start by tracing how the Python SDK handles errors from the files/upload endpoint, then compare the behavior with the referenced dbxfs issue. Done means an invalid_account_type/feature/ response produces an informative error instead of UploadError('other', None).

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Description

bug

Right now when a "invalid_account_type/feature/" error happens on files/upload the Python SDK throws an error of UploadError('other', None) instead of something more informative. Referenced here: https://github.com/rianhunter/dbxfs/issues/17

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