Improve task update logging and handle date formatting errors

Refine error logging in task update routes and storage, and adjust date handling to correctly process null or empty date strings, preventing runtime errors.

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server/routes.ts

@@ -1482,11 +1482,21 @@ export async function registerRoutes(app: Express): Promise<Server> {
       });
       res.json(updatedTask);
     } catch (error) {
-      console.error("❌ Error updating task:", {
-        taskId: id,
+      const taskId = parseInt(req.params.id);
+      console.error("❌ Error updating task in route:", {
+        taskId: taskId,
         error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error),
         stack: error instanceof Error ? error.stack : undefined,
-        reqBody: req.body
+        reqBody: req.body,
+        cleanData: req.body ? {
+          title: req.body.title,
+          description: req.body.description,
+          priority: req.body.priority,
+          status: req.body.status,
+          assignedTo: req.body.assignedTo,
+          startDate: req.body.startDate,
+          dueDate: req.body.dueDate,
+        } : null
       });
       res.status(500).json({ 
         message: "Failed to update task",

server/storage.ts

@@ -1725,10 +1725,10 @@ export class DatabaseStorage implements IStorage {
     if (taskData.status !== undefined) cleanData.status = taskData.status;
     if (taskData.assignedTo !== undefined) cleanData.assignedTo = taskData.assignedTo;
     if (taskData.startDate !== undefined) {
-      cleanData.startDate = taskData.startDate === '' ? null : taskData.startDate;
+      cleanData.startDate = taskData.startDate === '' || taskData.startDate === null ? null : taskData.startDate;
     }
     if (taskData.dueDate !== undefined) {
-      cleanData.dueDate = taskData.dueDate === '' ? null : taskData.dueDate;
+      cleanData.dueDate = taskData.dueDate === '' || taskData.dueDate === null ? null : taskData.dueDate;
     }
     
     cleanData.updatedAt = new Date();
@@ -1754,7 +1754,9 @@ export class DatabaseStorage implements IStorage {
       console.error('❌ DatabaseStorage.updateTask - Database Error:', {
         taskId: id,
         error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error),
-        cleanData
+        stack: error instanceof Error ? error.stack : undefined,
+        cleanData,
+        originalTaskData: taskData
       });
       throw new Error(`Failed to update task in database: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`);
     }