diff --git a/ayanova/devdocs/todo.txt b/ayanova/devdocs/todo.txt
index 2f2c25e0..ca1f5295 100644
--- a/ayanova/devdocs/todo.txt
+++ b/ayanova/devdocs/todo.txt
@@ -306,7 +306,8 @@ CURRENTLY DOING: woitem outstanding: custom fields, attachments, wiki
 todo: Test hiding woitem custom wiki attach
 	test errors in them??
 	test updating and displaying with also header ones
-
+	
+todo: test the shit out of failures to save and ensure errors occur and as much as can be saved is saved
 	
 OVERALL	
 
diff --git a/ayanova/src/views/svc-workorder.vue b/ayanova/src/views/svc-workorder.vue
index d0f8fee3..b46a6b54 100644
--- a/ayanova/src/views/svc-workorder.vue
+++ b/ayanova/src/views/svc-workorder.vue
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     <div v-if="formState.ready">
       <gz-error :error-box-message="formState.errorBoxMessage"></gz-error>
       <gz-alert :alert-message="obj.alertViz"></gz-alert>
+      SERVERERROR:{{ formState.serverError }}
       <v-form ref="form">
         <GzWoHeader
           v-model="obj"
@@ -481,7 +482,10 @@ export default {
         //handle errors
         if (this.saveResult.errors != null) {
           //# FAIL ROUTE
-          vm.formState.serverError = formErrorFromSaveResult(this); //this is the bit that triggers field and row errors to display as they pickup from this setting
+          console.log("WTF?", formErrorFromSaveResult(this));
+          const processedErrors = formErrorFromSaveResult(this);
+          console.log("ProcessedErrors is", processedErrors);
+          vm.formState.serverError = processedErrors; //this is the bit that triggers field and row errors to display as they pickup from this setting
           window.$gz.form.setErrorBoxErrors(vm); //set generalerror errors in error box at top, not related to form field errors which happen alternatively based on formState.serverError which is confusing
         } else {
           //# SUCCESS ROUTE
@@ -614,9 +618,12 @@ async function saveHeader(vm) {
 
   let res = await window.$gz.api.upsert(`${API_BASE_URL}`, headerOnly);
   if (res.error) {
-    if (isPost) {
-      handleSaveError(vm, { fatal: true, error: res.error });
-    }
+    //if (isPost) {  //NO IDEA WHY THIS WAS HERE< NEEDS REVISIT PROBABLY
+    handleSaveError(vm, { fatal: true, error: res.error });
+    // }else
+    //{
+
+    //}
   } else {
     //update any server changed fields
     vm.obj.concurrency = res.data.concurrency;
@@ -871,19 +878,30 @@ function formErrorFromSaveResult(vm) {
     details: [],
     message: "ErrorAPI2200"
   };
+  console.log("formErrorFromSaveResult - input is:", vm.saveResult.errors);
   vm.saveResult.errors.forEach(z => {
-    z.error.details.forEach(x => {
-      let target = errorTargetFromSaveResult(vm, z, x.target);
-      if (target != null) {
-        ret.details.push({
-          message: x.message,
-          error: x.error,
-          target: target
-        });
-      }
-    });
+    //console.log("z", z);
+    //{error:{code:xx,message:xx,target:xx},fatal:true}
+    if (z.error.details != null) {
+      z.error.details.forEach(x => {
+        let target = errorTargetFromSaveResult(vm, z, x.target);
+        if (target != null) {
+          ret.details.push({
+            message: x.message,
+            error: x.error,
+            target: target
+          });
+        }
+      });
+    } else {
+      //only one error so just return it
+      console.log("single error path:", z.error);
+      ret = z.error;
+      //ret.details.push(z.error);
+    }
   });
 
+  console.log("Returning ret=:", ret);
   return ret;
 }