From 942ad2818f2a0349b0a37493f69ebf9117aa81bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yiorgis Gozadinos <ggozadinos@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 18:26:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Filereader error messages now include both original exception
 details and file path for easier debugging

---
 CHANGELOG.md                       | 4 ++++
 haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/reader.py | 6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b7eb5d50..d9ab729c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- **FileReader**: Error messages now include both original exception details and file path for easier debugging
+
 ## [0.15.0] - 2025-11-07
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/reader.py b/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/reader.py
index 2c7da444..73674cfd 100644
--- a/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/reader.py
+++ b/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/reader.py
@@ -129,5 +129,7 @@ class FileReader:
                 return text_to_docling_document(content, name=f"{path.stem}.md")
         except ImportError:
             raise
-        except Exception:
-            raise ValueError(f"Failed to parse file: {path}")
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Failed to parse file: {path} - {type(e).__name__}: {e}"
+            ) from e