From 67caaea4fe9c8bef75ff9fd3bc97a658c867a35a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alessandro Ros <aler9.dev@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 17:11:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] playback: return errors as JSON (#5656)

this is aligned with all other HTTP-based services.
---
 internal/playback/server.go | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/internal/playback/server.go b/internal/playback/server.go
index 637ae370..de26ba6d 100644
--- a/internal/playback/server.go
+++ b/internal/playback/server.go
@@ -101,7 +101,10 @@ func (s *Server) writeError(ctx *gin.Context, status int, err error) {
 	s.Log(logger.Error, err.Error())
 
 	// add error to response
-	ctx.String(status, err.Error())
+	ctx.AbortWithStatusJSON(status, &defs.APIError{
+		Status: defs.APIErrorStatusError,
+		Error:  err.Error(),
+	})
 }
 
 func (s *Server) writeErrorNoLog(ctx *gin.Context, status int, err error) {