From c6d8af71e6006b933243886c0e5d14c5e32963bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bsardo <1168933+bsardo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 22:34:12 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Adjust white label only error messages

---
 config/bidderinfo.go      | 6 +++---
 config/bidderinfo_test.go | 8 ++++----
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/config/bidderinfo.go b/config/bidderinfo.go
index d3873bf2e94..6adb2d2a07e 100644
--- a/config/bidderinfo.go
+++ b/config/bidderinfo.go
@@ -464,17 +464,17 @@ func validateAliases(aliasBidderInfo BidderInfo, infos BidderInfos, bidderName s
 	}
 
 	if aliasBidderInfo.WhiteLabelOnly {
-		return fmt.Errorf("bidder: %s is an alias and cannot be set as white label only", bidderName)
+		return fmt.Errorf("bidder '%s' is an alias and cannot be set as white label only", bidderName)
 	}
 
 	parentBidder, parentBidderFound := infos[aliasBidderInfo.AliasOf]
 
 	if !parentBidderFound {
-		return fmt.Errorf("bidder: %s not found for an alias: %s", aliasBidderInfo.AliasOf, bidderName)
+		return fmt.Errorf("alias '%s' references a nonexistent bidder '%s'", bidderName, aliasBidderInfo.AliasOf)
 	}
 
 	if len(parentBidder.AliasOf) > 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("bidder: %s cannot be an alias of an alias: %s", aliasBidderInfo.AliasOf, bidderName)
+		return fmt.Errorf("alias '%s' cannot reference another alias '%s'", bidderName, aliasBidderInfo.AliasOf)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/config/bidderinfo_test.go b/config/bidderinfo_test.go
index 8c251842c71..785b85bc6e7 100644
--- a/config/bidderinfo_test.go
+++ b/config/bidderinfo_test.go
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ func TestProcessAliasBidderInfo(t *testing.T) {
 					AliasOf: "bidderA",
 				},
 			},
-			expectedErr: errors.New("bidder: bidderA not found for an alias: bidderB"),
+			expectedErr: errors.New("alias 'bidderB' references a nonexistent bidder 'bidderA'"),
 		},
 		{
 			description: "bidder info not found for an alias",
@@ -698,21 +698,21 @@ func TestValidateAliases(t *testing.T) {
 			bidderName:  "b",
 			bidderInfo:  BidderInfo{AliasOf: "nonexistent"},
 			bidderInfos: BidderInfos{},
-			expectedErr: errors.New("bidder: nonexistent not found for an alias: b"), // does this make sense? should it be reversed?
+			expectedErr: errors.New("alias 'b' references a nonexistent bidder 'nonexistent'"),
 		},
 		{
 			name:        "alias-of-alias",
 			bidderName:  "b",
 			bidderInfo:  BidderInfo{AliasOf: "a"},
 			bidderInfos: BidderInfos{"a": BidderInfo{AliasOf: "foo"}},
-			expectedErr: errors.New("bidder: a cannot be an alias of an alias: b"), // does this make sense? should it be reversed?
+			expectedErr: errors.New("alias 'b' cannot reference another alias 'a'"),
 		},
 		{
 			name:        "whitelabelonly",
 			bidderName:  "b",
 			bidderInfo:  BidderInfo{AliasOf: "a", WhiteLabelOnly: true},
 			bidderInfos: BidderInfos{"a": BidderInfo{}},
-			expectedErr: errors.New("bidder: b is an alias and cannot be set as white label only"),
+			expectedErr: errors.New("bidder 'b' is an alias and cannot be set as white label only"),
 		},
 	}