Forward asynchronous errors in the Express integration

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Catch rejections from the adapter's detached Promise chain and forward contextDataFactory/federation.fetch() failures to next(error) so Express 4 and 5 can use the application's normal error handler. Wrap empty rejection reasons in an Error so Express handles them.

Forward errors only before Fedify passes the request to another middleware, since calling next() again could cut off its response.

Verified with mise run check and mise run test-each express, plus HTTP smoke tests on Express 4/5 across Deno/Node.js/Bun.

Fixes #1244.

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Walkthrough

The Express integration now forwards asynchronous context-data factory and federation fetch failures to Express error middleware when they occur before the request is passed to the next middleware. Tests cover these failures and related success and synchronous-throw cases.

Changes

Express async failure forwarding

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Forward pre-middleware failures packages/express/src/index.ts, packages/express/src/index.test.ts, changes.d/express/async-failures.md, CHANGES.md	The adapter forwards rejections to Express error middleware unless the request has already been dispatched. Tests cover rejected factories, fetch rejections, synchronous throws, and successful asynchronous context data. Changelogs record the fix.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~12 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Express
  participant Adapter as Express adapter
  participant Factory as contextDataFactory
  participant Federation as federation.fetch()
  participant Middleware as Error middleware
  Express->>Adapter: Pass request
  Adapter->>Factory: Create context data
  alt Factory rejects
    Factory-->>Adapter: Rejection
    Adapter->>Middleware: next(error)
  else Factory resolves
    Factory-->>Adapter: Context data
    Adapter->>Federation: Fetch request
    alt Fetch rejects
      Federation-->>Adapter: Rejection
      Adapter->>Middleware: next(error)
    end
  end

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to ab542

Wrap Express control-value rejections, bound the two test waits, and leave changelog generation to the existing fragment before merging.

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❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 33.33% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 3 functions across 2 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Issue #1244 requires rejected contextDataFactory and federation.fetch() calls to reach Express error middleware. The reviewed change adds a rejection handler that forwards failures with `next(erro…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The adapter change, regression tests, and changelog entries all support the asynchronous error-forwarding fix in #1244. The available change summary establishes no unrelated changes.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the main change: forwarding asynchronous errors in the Express integration.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the error-forwarding behavior, its limits, and the reported verification. It is directly related to the changeset.

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❌ Patch coverage is 85.71429% with 1 line in your changes missing coverage. Please review.
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packages/express/src/index.ts	85.71%	0 Missing and 1 partial ⚠️

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @CHANGES.md:
- Line 22: Remove the direct unreleased-section edit under the @fedify/express
heading in CHANGES.md, keeping changes.d/express/async-failures.md so Sacho can
generate the entry.

Review comments at @packages/express/src/index.test.ts:
- Line 60: Bound the `requested.promise` waits in both the abort-path test at
packages/express/src/index.test.ts:60-60 and the success-path test at
packages/express/src/index.test.ts:179-179 with a deadline or a race against
fetch failure, so either test fails promptly if `contextDataFactory` never runs.

Review comments at @packages/express/src/index.ts:
- Around line 76-78: Update the rejection handler for contextDataFactory and
federation.fetch before it calls next: convert rejected values "route" and
"router" to Error instances so Express treats them as errors, while preserving
other rejection reasons when possible.

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