show error information from APEL token endpoint

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Docs: Correct and enhance HTCondor collector documentation (#1021) ([@rfvc](https://github.com/rfvc))
 - HTCondor collector: Fix config check for entries which do not contain a `name` field (#1021) ([@rfvc](https://github.com/rfvc))
 
+- Apel plugin: Improved error messages when fetching security tokens ([@maxfischer2781](https://github.com/maxfischer2781))
+
 ### Removed
 
 ## [0.7.0] - 2025-01-27

plugins/apel/src/auditor_apel_plugin/core.py

@@ -442,23 +442,18 @@ def get_token(config):
     client_cert = config.authentication.client_cert
     client_key = config.authentication.client_key
     verify_ca = config.authentication.verify_ca
-
-    if verify_ca:
-        ca_path = config.authentication.ca_path
-    else:
-        ca_path = False
+    ca_path = config.authentication.ca_path if verify_ca else False
 
     try:
         response = requests.get(
             auth_url, cert=(client_cert, client_key), verify=ca_path, timeout=10
         )
-    except requests.Timeout:
-        logger.critical("Timeout while getting token")
+        response.raise_for_status()
+    except requests.RequestException as e:
+        logger.critical(f"Could not get authentication token - {e}")
         raise
-
-    token = response.json()["token"]
-
-    return token
+    else:
+        return response.json()["token"]
 
 
 def sign_msg(config, msg):