[Bug]:Vague/Unclear Error Message "Validation Failed" When Adding a REST Tool

[sunvk]

🐞 Bug Summary

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When a user attempts to add a new REST tool and the configuration is invalid (example: Invalid Tool Name ), the system displays a generic "Validation Failed" error message. This message does not provide any specific details about which part of the configuration is incorrect, making it difficult and time-consuming for the user to troubleshoot and correct the issue.

Container log says:
"ERROR [mcpgateway] ValidationError in admin_add_tool: 1 validation error for ToolCreate
name
Value error, Tool name must start with a letter and contain only letters, numbers, and underscore [type=value_error, input_value='Langsmith Workspaces', input_type=str]"

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🧩 Affected Component

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• mcpgateway - API
• mcpgateway - UI (admin panel)
• mcpgateway.wrapper - stdio wrapper
• Federation or Transports
• CLI, Makefiles, or shell scripts
• Container setup (Docker/Podman/Compose)
• Other (explain below)

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🔁 Steps to Reproduce

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🤔 Expected Behavior

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📓 Logs / Error Output

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🧠 Environment Info

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Key	Value
Version or commit	e.g. v0.9.0 or main@a1b2c3d
Runtime	e.g. Python 3.11, Gunicorn
Platform / OS	e.g. Ubuntu 22.04, macOS
Container	e.g. Docker, Podman, none

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