when the error returned from interactive example server is not array …

…of pairs, that means it is a validation error even before checking the examples. So we need to show such error messages in a toast and bail out to avoid the infinite spinner

core/src/main/kotlin/io/specmatic/core/examples/server/ExampleValidationErrorMessage.kt

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ data class ExampleValidationErrorMessage(val fullErrorMessageString: String) {
     }
 
     private fun extractDescriptions(reportString: String): List<String> {
-        val parts = reportString.split("$BREADCRUMB_PREFIX")
+        val parts = reportString.split(BREADCRUMB_PREFIX)
 
         return parts.drop(1)
             .map { "$BREADCRUMB_PREFIX$it".trim() }

core/src/main/resources/templates/examples/index.html

@@ -1743,12 +1743,14 @@ <h2 th:text="${contractFilePath}"></h2>
             gutters: ["CodeMirror-lint-markers"]
         });
 
-
         if (example.error) {
-            highlightErrorLines(editor, example.error, example.exampleJson);
+            if (typeof example.error === 'object' && !Array.isArray(example.error)) {
+                highlightErrorLines(editor, example.error, example.exampleJson);
+            } else {
+                createAlert("Example Validation Failed", example.error, true);
+            }
         }
 
-
         editor.on("change", (instance, changes) => {
             isSaved = false;
             updateBorderColorExampleBlock(editor, examplePreDiv);