From cbf366643bfbc89a1fbc8a149e31abf19c60d6a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Giteabot <teabot@gitea.io>
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2024 20:13:35 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Use correct `has error` check for internal responses (#28796)
 (#28798)

Backport #28796 by @wxiaoguang

`resp != nil` doesn't mean the request really succeeded. Add a comment
for requestJSONResp to clarify the behavior.

Co-authored-by: wxiaoguang <wxiaoguang@gmail.com>
---
 modules/private/actions.go | 2 +-
 modules/private/key.go     | 2 +-
 modules/private/mail.go    | 2 +-
 modules/private/request.go | 1 +
 4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/private/actions.go b/modules/private/actions.go
index 4ec77dc936..a22833632e 100644
--- a/modules/private/actions.go
+++ b/modules/private/actions.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func GenerateActionsRunnerToken(ctx context.Context, scope string) (string, Resp
 	})
 
 	resp, extra := requestJSONResp(req, &responseText{})
-	if resp == nil {
+	if extra.HasError() {
 		return "", extra
 	}
 	return resp.Text, extra
diff --git a/modules/private/key.go b/modules/private/key.go
index aa1e8aa56f..08762bd401 100644
--- a/modules/private/key.go
+++ b/modules/private/key.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func AuthorizedPublicKeyByContent(ctx context.Context, content string) (string,
 	req := newInternalRequest(ctx, reqURL, "POST")
 	req.Param("content", content)
 	resp, extra := requestJSONResp(req, &responseText{})
-	if resp == nil {
+	if extra.HasError() {
 		return "", extra
 	}
 	return resp.Text, extra
diff --git a/modules/private/mail.go b/modules/private/mail.go
index 699f5e5f42..ac55d6fe4d 100644
--- a/modules/private/mail.go
+++ b/modules/private/mail.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func SendEmail(ctx context.Context, subject, message string, to []string) (strin
 	})
 
 	resp, extra := requestJSONResp(req, &responseText{})
-	if resp == nil {
+	if extra.HasError() {
 		return "", extra
 	}
 	return resp.Text, extra
diff --git a/modules/private/request.go b/modules/private/request.go
index d3f99381a6..2bc43b972d 100644
--- a/modules/private/request.go
+++ b/modules/private/request.go
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ func (re responseError) Error() string {
 // requestJSONResp sends a request to the gitea server and then parses the response.
 // If the status code is not 2xx, or any error occurs, the ResponseExtra.Error field is guaranteed to be non-nil,
 // and the ResponseExtra.UserMsg field will be set to a message for the end user.
+// Caller should check the ResponseExtra.HasError() first to see whether the request fails.
 //
 // * If the "res" is a struct pointer, the response will be parsed as JSON
 // * If the "res" is responseText pointer, the response will be stored as text in it