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Follow-up to #44204

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  • Adds an error message when form submission fails for any reason other than validation

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@dhasilva dhasilva requested a review from a team July 18, 2025 21:07
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@dhasilva dhasilva added [Status] Needs Review This PR is ready for review. [Type] Task I don't care about code coverage for this PR Use this label to ignore the check for insufficient code coveage. labels Jul 18, 2025
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LGTM! Works as described! :shipit:

@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ protected function __construct() {
'is_required' => __( 'This field is required.', 'jetpack-forms' ),
'invalid_form_empty' => __( 'The form you are trying to submit is empty.', 'jetpack-forms' ),
'invalid_form' => __( 'Please fill out the form correctly.', 'jetpack-forms' ),
'network_error' => __( 'There was an error submitting the form. Please try again.', 'jetpack-forms' ),
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We could specify that there was connection error to avoid being too vague, how about this:

Connection issue while submitting the form. Check that you are connected to the Internet and try again.

cc @ilonagl

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Sounds great! +1 to being more clear on what the error means and how to recover.

@simison simison requested a review from ilonagl July 21, 2025 07:56
@dhasilva dhasilva merged commit d13a79b into trunk Jul 21, 2025
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@dhasilva dhasilva deleted the update/forms-submit-ajax-frontend-errors branch July 21, 2025 19:07
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