# Which Problems Are Solved
If SAML response validation in crewjam/saml fails, a generic
"Authentication failed" error is thrown. This makes it challenging to
determine the actual cause, since there are a variety of reasons
response validation may fail.
# How the Problems Are Solved
Add a log statement if we receive a response validation error from
crewjam/saml that logs the internal `InvalidResponseError.PrivateErr`
error from crewjam/saml to stdout. We continue to return a generic error
message to the client to prevent leaking data.
Verified by running `go test -v ./internal/idp/providers/saml` in
verbose mode, which output the following line for the "response_invalid"
test case:
```
time="2024-10-03T14:53:10+01:00" level=info msg="invalid SAML response details" caller="/Users/sdouglas/Documents/thirdparty-repos/zitadel/internal/idp/providers/saml/session.go:72" error="cannot parse base64: illegal base64 data at input byte 2"
```
# Additional Changes
None
# Additional Context
- closes#8717
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Co-authored-by: Stuart Douglas <[email protected]>
