[bugfix] fix media limit reader check (#3363)

* return nicer errors for frontend when media / emoji upload limit reached

* fix reader limit check

* add code comment

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/internal/gtserror/error.go b/internal/gtserror/error.go
index a39b5475c..bd83a8dc8 100644
--- a/internal/gtserror/error.go
+++ b/internal/gtserror/error.go
@@ -40,8 +40,22 @@ const (
 	notRelevantKey
 	spamKey
 	notPermittedKey
+	limitReachedKey
 )
 
+// LimitReached indicates that this error was caused by
+// some kind of limit being reached, e.g. media upload limit.
+func LimitReached(err error) bool {
+	_, ok := errors.Value(err, limitReachedKey).(struct{})
+	return ok
+}
+
+// SetLimitReached will wrap the given error to store a "limit reached"
+// flag, returning wrapped error. See LimitReached() for example use-cases.
+func SetLimitReached(err error) error {
+	return errors.WithValue(err, limitReachedKey, struct{}{})
+}
+
 // IsUnretrievable indicates that a call to retrieve a resource
 // (account, status, attachment, etc) could not be fulfilled, either
 // because it was not found locally, or because some prerequisite