From 15e87f5a02625c58de12a2456da3c0eadbb25762 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sumit_chaturvedi <chaturvedi.sumit@tftus.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:03:01 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix(users): Add user deletion error handling to return
 expected response format

---
 api/src/backend/api/v1/views.py | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/api/src/backend/api/v1/views.py b/api/src/backend/api/v1/views.py
index a060c75d8f..84b7c81b32 100644
--- a/api/src/backend/api/v1/views.py
+++ b/api/src/backend/api/v1/views.py
@@ -780,7 +780,21 @@ class UserViewSet(BaseUserViewset):
         if kwargs["pk"] != str(self.request.user.id):
             raise ValidationError("Only the current user can be deleted.")
 
-        return super().destroy(request, *args, **kwargs)
+        try:
+            return super().destroy(request, *args, **kwargs)
+        except Exception as e:
+            print("Exception caught in destroy():", e) 
+
+            raise ValidationError(
+                [
+                    {
+                        "detail": "Failed to delete the user",
+                        "status": "400",
+                        "code": "delete_failed"
+
+                    }
+                ]
+            )
 
     @extend_schema(
         parameters=[