From 8f29070dcfc7c621fdcd3941369fd2cdc81b69e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ivan FB <128452529+Ivansete-status@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 11:49:35 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix avoid IndexDefect if DB error message is short (#3725)

---
 waku/common/databases/db_postgres/dbconn.nim | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/waku/common/databases/db_postgres/dbconn.nim b/waku/common/databases/db_postgres/dbconn.nim
index a6c237ae5..7ccf32099 100644
--- a/waku/common/databases/db_postgres/dbconn.nim
+++ b/waku/common/databases/db_postgres/dbconn.nim
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ proc check(db: DbConn): Result[void, string] =
     return err("exception in check: " & getCurrentExceptionMsg())
 
   if message.len > 0:
-    let truncatedErr = message[0 .. 80]
-      ## libpq sometimes gives extremely long error messages
+    let truncatedErr = message[0 ..< min(80, message.len)]
+    error "postgres check issue. see truncated db error.", error = truncatedErr
     return err(truncatedErr)
 
   return ok()