suppress status errors also if option is set

src/ahriman/core/status/web_client.py

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class WebClient(Client, LazyLogging):
 
     Attributes:
         address(str): address of the web service
+        suppress_errors(bool): suppress logging errors (e.g. if no web server available)
         user(User | None): web service user descriptor
     """
 
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ class WebClient(Client, LazyLogging):
         self.user = User.from_option(
             configuration.get("web", "username", fallback=None),
             configuration.get("web", "password", fallback=None))
+        self.suppress_errors = configuration.getboolean("settings", "suppress_http_log_errors", fallback=False)
 
         self.__session = self._create_session(use_unix_socket=use_unix_socket)
 
@@ -106,9 +108,13 @@ class WebClient(Client, LazyLogging):
         """
         try:
             yield
-        except requests.HTTPError as e:
+        except requests.RequestException as e:
+            if self.suppress_errors:
+                return
             self.logger.exception("could not perform http request: %s", exception_response_text(e))
         except Exception:
+            if self.suppress_errors:
+                return
             self.logger.exception("could not perform http request")
 
     def _create_session(self, *, use_unix_socket: bool) -> requests.Session:

src/ahriman/core/util.py

@@ -175,12 +175,12 @@ def enum_values(enum: type[Enum]) -> list[str]:
     return [str(key.value) for key in enum]  # explicit str conversion for typing
 
 
-def exception_response_text(exception: requests.exceptions.HTTPError) -> str:
+def exception_response_text(exception: requests.exceptions.RequestException) -> str:
     """
     safe response exception text generation
 
     Args:
-        exception(requests.exceptions.HTTPError): exception raised
+        exception(requests.exceptions.RequestException): exception raised
 
     Returns:
         str: text of the response if it is not None and empty string otherwise