diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/common/util/extractMessageFromAssertionError.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/common/util/extractMessageFromAssertionError.ts
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+import type { AssertionError } from 'tsafe';
+
+export function extractMessageFromAssertionError(error: AssertionError): string | null {
+  const match = error.message.match(/Wrong assertion encountered: "(.*)"/);
+  return match ? (match[1] ?? null) : null;
+}