Bug Fix: Resolve Error Blocking Local Environment Setup

[yashasip]

Fix for Issue: #1498

Problem

RestApiViolationsTest.shouldReturn404WhenHostNotRecognised() was failing, causing ./gradlew clean build to break.

The test was asserting two things:

1. The response status code is 404
2. The response body message is exactly "Unknown host while retrieving api definition url: remote-localhost"

The second assertion was failing because the error message is environment-sensitive and not guaranteed to be stable.

Root Cause

When a request results in a 404, the error message in the response body varies depending on why the connection failed. There are 3 possible cases:

Case	Scenario	Message
1	DNS failed to resolve the host	Unknown host while retrieving api definition url: remote-localhost
2	DNS resolved, but the server is not running	Unknown host while retrieving api definition url: Connection refused
3	DNS resolved, server is running, but endpoint is invalid	404 : "---<EOL>timestamp: "2026-03-06T14:18:26.370+00:00"<EOL>status: 404<EOL>error: "Not Found"<EOL>path: "/"<EOL>" while retrieving api definition url

When this test was originally written, http://remote-localhost/test.yaml was hitting Case 1 (DNS resolution failure). However, today the hostname remote-localhost resolves successfully but the server is unreachable, which means it now hits Case 2, producing a different message and breaking the assertion.

Fix

Removed the response body message assertion, keeping only the status code assertion (404 NOT_FOUND). This is sufficient to validate the behaviour of the endpoint and makes the test resilient to environment-specific message variations.

Alternative Fix (if message assertion is desired)

If you want to keep the message assertion, update the expected value to match the current environment:

"Unknown host while retrieving api definition url: Connection refused"

However, this would remain brittle across different environments and is not recommended.

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