An internal API error whose JSON body has no "message" reaches the user as an empty error
## Summary
When the internal API answers an error with a JSON body that has no `message` key, gitlab-shell and gitlab-sshd give the user an empty error. `parseError` falls back to `Internal API error (<status>)` only when the body does not decode as JSON ([`client/gitlabnet.go#L181`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-shell/-/blob/11ed5f2c7e4e99e8d34a179b00e4bbd50eee4438/client/gitlabnet.go#L181)). A body such as `{"error":"404 Not Found"}`, `{}` or `null` decodes without error, so the returned `APIError` takes the empty `message` as its `Msg` ([`#L198-202`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-shell/-/blob/11ed5f2c7e4e99e8d34a179b00e4bbd50eee4438/client/gitlabnet.go#L198-202)), and `Error()` returns it as is ([`#L71-73`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-shell/-/blob/11ed5f2c7e4e99e8d34a179b00e4bbd50eee4438/client/gitlabnet.go#L71-73)).
The API sends bodies of that shape itself. Grape renders a path the API does not have and a parameter validation error as `{"error":"..."}` ([`lib/api/api.rb#L182-184`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/b290506abf328af88cefad766f4a89f6ea4767f0/lib/api/api.rb#L182-184), [`#L487-489`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/b290506abf328af88cefad766f4a89f6ea4767f0/lib/api/api.rb#L487-489)): gitlab.com answers `GET /api/v4/internal/this-route-does-not-exist` with `{"error":"404 Not Found"}`.
What the user then sees:
- gitlab-shell passes `err.Error()` to `console.DisplayWarningMessage` ([`cmd/gitlab-shell/main.go#L82`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-shell/-/blob/11ed5f2c7e4e99e8d34a179b00e4bbd50eee4438/cmd/gitlab-shell/main.go#L82)), which prints nothing for a blank message ([`internal/console/console.go#L31-34`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-shell/-/blob/11ed5f2c7e4e99e8d34a179b00e4bbd50eee4438/internal/console/console.go#L31-34)). The SSH client gets exit code 1 and no explanation.
- gitlab-sshd writes `ERROR: ` with nothing after it ([`internal/sshd/session.go#L208`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-shell/-/blob/11ed5f2c7e4e99e8d34a179b00e4bbd50eee4438/internal/sshd/session.go#L208)).
A JSON array (`[]`) does get the fallback, because it fails to decode, so the result depends on the shape of the JSON rather than on whether there is a message. The newer `ParseJSON` already falls back when the message is empty ([`internal/clients/gitlab/response.go#L26`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-shell/-/blob/11ed5f2c7e4e99e8d34a179b00e4bbd50eee4438/internal/clients/gitlab/response.go#L26)).
## Steps to reproduce
On `main`, from the repository root. The binary reads `config.yml` from the directory above its own, so it is built into a temporary directory, next to a stub internal API that answers every request with `404` and `{"error":"404 Not Found"}`:
```shell
d=$(mktemp -d)
go build -o "$d/bin/gitlab-shell" ./cmd/gitlab-shell
cat > "$d/config.yml" <<'EOF'
gitlab_url: "http://127.0.0.1:18080"
secret_file: .gitlab_shell_secret
log_file: gitlab-shell.log
EOF
echo secret > "$d/.gitlab_shell_secret"
cat > "$d/stub.go" <<'EOF'
package main
import "net/http"
func main() {
_ = http.ListenAndServe("127.0.0.1:18080", http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"error":"404 Not Found"}`))
}))
}
EOF
go build -o "$d/stub" "$d/stub.go"
"$d/stub" & stub=$!
sleep 1
SSH_CONNECTION='192.0.2.1 50000 192.0.2.2 22' SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND="git-upload-pack 'group/project.git'" "$d/bin/gitlab-shell" key-1; echo "exit $?"
kill "$stub"
```
## What is the current bug behavior?
gitlab-shell sends `POST /api/v4/internal/allowed`, gets the `404`, and exits without printing anything:
```plaintext
exit 1
```
## What is the expected correct behavior?
The same fallback a body that is not JSON gets:
```plaintext
remote:
remote: ========================================================================
remote:
remote: Internal API error (404)
remote:
remote: ========================================================================
remote:
exit 1
```
## Possible fixes
Use the fallback when the decoded `message` is empty, in the same branch as the decode error, as `ParseJSON` does. Both branches set `StatusCode` from the response and the `System` classification with `IsSystemErrorStatus`, so neither changes.
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