@@ -388,6 +388,14 @@ describe('Error Extractors', () => {
       expect(extractErrorMessage(errorInfo, ErrorExtractorId.WIZA_ERRORS)).toBe('Bad gateway')
     })
 
+    it('ignores a non-string top-level message', () => {
+      const errorInfo: ErrorInfo = { status: 422, data: { message: ['bad filter'] } }
+
+      expect(extractErrorMessage(errorInfo, ErrorExtractorId.WIZA_ERRORS)).toBe(
+        'Request failed with status 422'
+      )
+    })
+
     it('falls back to the status when Wiza sends an empty message', () => {
       const errorInfo: ErrorInfo = { status: 400, data: { status: { code: 400, message: '' } } }
 
 
@@ -521,10 +521,11 @@ const ERROR_EXTRACTORS: ErrorExtractorConfig[] = [
     examples: ['Wiza'],
     extract: (errorInfo) => {
       const data = errorInfo?.data
-      if (typeof data === 'string') return data.trim() || undefined
-      const message = data?.status?.message
-      if (typeof message === 'string' && message.trim()) return message.trim()
-      return data?.message
+      const candidates = [data, data?.status?.message, data?.message]
+      for (const candidate of candidates) {
+        if (typeof candidate === 'string' && candidate.trim()) return candidate.trim()
+      }
+      return undefined
     },
   },
   {