GraphQL error not formatted properly when it returns a 4xx or 5xx http status

[remonke]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Current behavior

In Apollo, there's a way of providing a custom http status via extensions on the GraphQLError / ApolloError, as is the case with the default validation error, which returns a status of 400. Unfortunately, instead of the response being formatted the usual way - with data and errors, everything gets wrapped inside of the error object. Is there any way to disable this behavior?

Minimum reproduction code

https://github.com/remonke/nest-graphql-error-bug

Steps to reproduce

Install the dependencies pnpm install
Start the server
Open the playground
Test the two available queries throwError and throwErrorWithHttpStatus

Expected behavior

I expect a GraphQL errror with a custom http status to get formatted like all the others.

Package version

12.0.8

Graphql version

graphql: 16.7.1
@apollo/server: 4.8.1
@nestjs/apollo: ^12.0.7

NestJS version

10.0.0

Node.js version

20.4.0

In which operating systems have you tested?

• macOS
• Windows
• Linux

Other

No response

[kamilmysliwiec]

Would you like to create a PR for this issue?

[remonke]

I would try, except I have no idea what causes this behavior - I tried this with Mercurius driver and it works just fine

[jan-hecker]

You can probably disable this behavior if you create a custom error formatter. You can provide the error formatter in the GraphQL options with the formatError argument