1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/Messages.zig b/src/Messages.zig
index d1478ac7..3eeb8c92 100644
--- a/src/Messages.zig
+++ b/src/Messages.zig
@@ -463,7 +463,10 @@ pub fn dialReason(err: anyerror) ?[]const u8 {
 }
 
 pub fn reportError(p: *Pardes, id: usize, operation: []const u8, err: anyerror) void {
-    var buf: [256]u8 = undefined;
+    // Room for an operation naming the longest path and the reason after
+    // it: a shorter one cut the reason off (`Save /long…`), and the reason
+    // is what a failure is for. Where it must be shorter, the path gives.
+    var buf: [@max(256, limits.host_path_cap + 128)]u8 = undefined;
     var w = std.Io.Writer.fixed(&buf);
     w.print("{s}: ", .{operation}) catch {};
     // A peer out of reach says so, not the error's name (`dial`).
@@ -503,6 +506,11 @@ pub fn clip(text: []const u8, max: usize) []const u8 {
 /// reportError with the words already chosen.
 pub fn reportFailure(p: *Pardes, id: usize, text: []const u8) void {
     p.fs.failures +%= 1;
+    var fitted: @TypeOf(p.fs.said) = undefined;
+    const said = pardes.ctlfs.fitErr(text, &fitted);
+    @memcpy(p.fs.said[0..said.len], said);
+    p.fs.said_len = @intCast(said.len);
+    p.fs.said_at = p.fs.failures;
     // A builtin a ctl write runs: its first error is also the write's, its
     // path shortened in the middle if it must be, never its reason.
     const failing_write = p.fs.no_prompt or p.fs.capturing or p.fs.write_waits;