http error details in the rest client exception message

spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/DefaultResponseErrorHandler.java

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
 import org.springframework.core.ResolvableType;
 import org.springframework.core.log.LogFormatUtils;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatusCode;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
@@ -129,12 +131,33 @@ protected boolean hasError(int statusCode) {
 	 * {@link HttpStatus} enum range.
 	 * </ul>
 	 * @throws UnknownHttpStatusCodeException in case of an unresolvable status code
-	 * @see #handleError(ClientHttpResponse, HttpStatusCode)
+	 * @see #handleError(URI, HttpMethod, ClientHttpResponse, HttpStatusCode)
 	 */
 	@Override
 	public void handleError(ClientHttpResponse response) throws IOException {
+		handleError(null, null, response);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Handle the error in the given response with the given resolved status code.
+	 * <p>The default implementation throws:
+	 * <ul>
+	 * <li>{@link HttpClientErrorException} if the status code is in the 4xx
+	 * series, or one of its sub-classes such as
+	 * {@link HttpClientErrorException.BadRequest} and others.
+	 * <li>{@link HttpServerErrorException} if the status code is in the 5xx
+	 * series, or one of its sub-classes such as
+	 * {@link HttpServerErrorException.InternalServerError} and others.
+	 * <li>{@link UnknownHttpStatusCodeException} for error status codes not in the
+	 * {@link HttpStatus} enum range.
+	 * </ul>
+	 * @throws UnknownHttpStatusCodeException in case of an unresolvable status code
+	 * @see #handleError(URI, HttpMethod, ClientHttpResponse, HttpStatusCode)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void handleError(URI url, HttpMethod method, ClientHttpResponse response) throws IOException {
 		HttpStatusCode statusCode = response.getStatusCode();
-		handleError(response, statusCode);
+		handleError(url, method, response, statusCode);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -144,10 +167,9 @@ public void handleError(ClientHttpResponse response) throws IOException {
 	 * </pre>
 	 */
 	private String getErrorMessage(
-			int rawStatusCode, String statusText, @Nullable byte[] responseBody, @Nullable Charset charset) {
-
-		String preface = rawStatusCode + " " + statusText + ": ";
+			int rawStatusCode, String statusText, @Nullable byte[] responseBody, @Nullable Charset charset, @Nullable URI url, @Nullable HttpMethod method) {
 
+		String preface = getPreface(rawStatusCode, statusText, url, method);
 		if (ObjectUtils.isEmpty(responseBody)) {
 			return preface + "[no body]";
 		}
@@ -160,6 +182,15 @@ private String getErrorMessage(
 		return preface + bodyText;
 	}
 
+	private String getPreface(int rawStatusCode, String statusText, @Nullable URI url, @Nullable HttpMethod method) {
+		StringBuilder preface = new StringBuilder(rawStatusCode + " " + statusText);
+		if (!ObjectUtils.isEmpty(method) && !ObjectUtils.isEmpty(url)) {
+			preface.append(" after ").append(method).append(" ").append(url).append(" ");
+		}
+		preface.append(": ");
+		return preface.toString();
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Handle the error based on the resolved status code.
 	 *
@@ -172,11 +203,27 @@ private String getErrorMessage(
 	 * @see HttpServerErrorException#create
 	 */
 	protected void handleError(ClientHttpResponse response, HttpStatusCode statusCode) throws IOException {
+		handleError(null, null, response, statusCode);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Handle the error based on the resolved status code.
+	 *
+	 * <p>The default implementation delegates to
+	 * {@link HttpClientErrorException#create} for errors in the 4xx range, to
+	 * {@link HttpServerErrorException#create} for errors in the 5xx range,
+	 * or otherwise raises {@link UnknownHttpStatusCodeException}.
+	 * @since 5.0
+	 * @see HttpClientErrorException#create
+	 * @see HttpServerErrorException#create
+	 */
+	protected void handleError(@Nullable URI url, @Nullable HttpMethod method, ClientHttpResponse response,
+			HttpStatusCode statusCode) throws IOException {
 		String statusText = response.getStatusText();
 		HttpHeaders headers = response.getHeaders();
 		byte[] body = getResponseBody(response);
 		Charset charset = getCharset(response);
-		String message = getErrorMessage(statusCode.value(), statusText, body, charset);
+		String message = getErrorMessage(statusCode.value(), statusText, body, charset, url, method);
 
 		RestClientResponseException ex;
 		if (statusCode.is4xxClientError()) {

spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/client/DefaultResponseErrorHandlerTests.java

@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatusCode;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
@@ -77,6 +79,22 @@ public void handleError() throws Exception {
 				.satisfies(ex -> assertThat(ex.getResponseHeaders()).isSameAs(headers));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void handleErrorWithUrlAndMethod() throws Exception {
+		HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
+		headers.setContentType(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN);
+
+		given(response.getStatusCode()).willReturn(HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND);
+		given(response.getStatusText()).willReturn("Not Found");
+		given(response.getHeaders()).willReturn(headers);
+		given(response.getBody()).willReturn(new ByteArrayInputStream("Hello World".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
+
+		assertThatExceptionOfType(HttpClientErrorException.class)
+				.isThrownBy(() -> handler.handleError(URI.create("https://example.com"), HttpMethod.GET, response))
+				.withMessage("404 Not Found after GET https://example.com : \"Hello World\"")
+				.satisfies(ex -> assertThat(ex.getResponseHeaders()).isSameAs(headers));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void handleErrorIOException() throws Exception {
 		HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();

spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/client/RestTemplateIntegrationTests.java

@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ void notFound(ClientHttpRequestFactory clientHttpRequestFactory) {
 				assertThat(ex.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND);
 				assertThat(ex.getStatusText()).isNotNull();
 				assertThat(ex.getResponseBodyAsString()).isNotNull();
+				assertThat(ex.getMessage()).isEqualTo("404 Client Error after GET http://localhost:" + port + "/status/notfound : [no body]");
 			});
 	}
 
@@ -253,7 +254,7 @@ void badRequest(ClientHttpRequestFactory clientHttpRequestFactory) {
 				template.execute(baseUrl + "/status/badrequest", HttpMethod.GET, null, null))
 			.satisfies(ex -> {
 				assertThat(ex.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST);
-				assertThat(ex.getMessage()).isEqualTo("400 Client Error: [no body]");
+				assertThat(ex.getMessage()).isEqualTo("400 Client Error after GET http://localhost:" + port + "/status/badrequest : [no body]");
 			});
 	}
 
@@ -267,6 +268,7 @@ void serverError(ClientHttpRequestFactory clientHttpRequestFactory) {
 				assertThat(ex.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
 				assertThat(ex.getStatusText()).isNotNull();
 				assertThat(ex.getResponseBodyAsString()).isNotNull();
+				assertThat(ex.getMessage()).isEqualTo("500 Server Error after GET http://localhost:" + port + "/status/server : [no body]");
 			});
 	}