From a3c7ca79a217162cc13dec82110f5ebba0b1e41f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex <alex.migolin@livekit.io>
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2025 11:14:16 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Updating dispatch rule error message (#1343)

---
 .changeset/shiny-geckos-pay.md |  5 +++++
 sip/sip.go                     | 12 ++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/shiny-geckos-pay.md

diff --git a/.changeset/shiny-geckos-pay.md b/.changeset/shiny-geckos-pay.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..025968d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/shiny-geckos-pay.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"github.com/livekit/protocol": patch
+---
+
+Changing the wording on duplicate dispatch rule error message
diff --git a/sip/sip.go b/sip/sip.go
index 514bc433..a97eb82a 100644
--- a/sip/sip.go
+++ b/sip/sip.go
@@ -131,6 +131,13 @@ func printID(s string) string {
 	return s
 }
 
+func printName(s string) string {
+	if s == "" {
+		return "<blank name>"
+	}
+	return s
+}
+
 // ValidateDispatchRules checks a set of dispatch rules for conflicts.
 //
 // Deprecated: use ValidateDispatchRulesIter
@@ -208,8 +215,9 @@ func (v *DispatchRuleValidator) Validate(r *livekit.SIPDispatchRuleInfo) error {
 				if v.opt.AllowConflicts {
 					continue
 				}
-				return twirp.NewErrorf(twirp.InvalidArgument, "Conflicting SIP Dispatch Rules: same Trunk+Number+PIN combination for for %q and %q",
-					printID(r.SipDispatchRuleId), printID(r2.SipDispatchRuleId))
+				return twirp.NewErrorf(twirp.InvalidArgument,
+					"Dispatch rule for the same trunk, number, and PIN combination already exists in dispatch rule %q %q",
+					printID(r2.SipDispatchRuleId), printName(r2.Name))
 			}
 			v.byRuleKey[key] = r
 		}