From b53494fddc14af38e8c220d46c33bd6bd60a5328 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joel Wetzell <git@jwetzell.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2026 21:49:30 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] add more error tests for string.filter

---
 internal/processor/string-filter_test.go | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/internal/processor/string-filter_test.go b/internal/processor/string-filter_test.go
index 74ca30e..1de2e99 100644
--- a/internal/processor/string-filter_test.go
+++ b/internal/processor/string-filter_test.go
@@ -136,6 +136,22 @@ func TestBadStringFilter(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			errorString: "string.filter processor only accepts a string",
 		},
+		{
+			name:    "non-string pattern param",
+			payload: "hello",
+			params: map[string]any{
+				"pattern": 123,
+			},
+			errorString: "string.filter pattern must be a string",
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "invalid regex pattern",
+			payload: "hello",
+			params: map[string]any{
+				"pattern": "*invalid",
+			},
+			errorString: "error parsing regexp: missing argument to repetition operator: `*`",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {