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[Bug]: Missing Role throws a 500 #1933

Description

@krowvin

Describe the bug

When a user tries to assign a role that does not exist it returns a 500 generic error

Expected behavior

Should return a 400 series error and a message saying they are entering 1 or more roles that do not exist (yet)

To Reproduce

Enter any role that does not exist in the /roles endpoint

Priority

Medium

Logs/Incident Identifier

{
  "message": "Database Error",
  "incidentIdentifier": "0a0e2651-cf17-4d19-b478-bc6d59b64fce",
  "source": "Unknown",
  "details": {}
}

CURL Commands

curl -X 'POST' \
  'https://cwms-data-test.cwbi.us/cwms-data/user/myname.id/roles/SAM' \
  -H 'accept: */*' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store, max-age=0' \
  -H 'Pragma: no-cache' \
  -d '[
      "All Users",
      "CCP Mgr",
      "CCP Proc",
      "CCP Reviewer",
      "CWMS DBA Users",
      "CWMS PD Users",
      "CWMS User Admins",
      "CWMS Users",
      "Data Acquisition Mgr",
      "Data Exchange Mgr",
      "RDL Mgr",
      "RDL Reviewer",
      "SHOW STACK TRACE", // this is not in TEST yet
      "TS ID Creator",
      "VT Mgr",
      "Viewer Users"
    ]'

CDA Version

2026.09.08-develop

Additional context

Confirmed this 500 is an issue in TEST and DEV ( 2026.09.08-develop )

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