[SDK] Raise more human-readable name conflict exception (#2199)

Co-authored-by: andreafehrman <andrea.k.fehrman@vanderbilt.edu> Co-authored-by: harrisonfritz <harrisonmichaelfritz@gmail.com>
kubeflow · Sep 7, 2023 · 520a397 · 520a397
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diff --git a/sdk/python/v1beta1/kubeflow/katib/api/katib_client.py b/sdk/python/v1beta1/kubeflow/katib/api/katib_client.py
@@ -105,7 +105,11 @@ def create_experiment(
             raise TimeoutError(
                 f"Timeout to create Katib Experiment: {namespace}/{experiment.metadata.name}"
             )
-        except Exception:
+        except Exception as e:
+            if hasattr(e, "status") and e.status == 409:
+                raise Exception(
+                    f"A Katib Experiment with the name {namespace}/{experiment.metadata.name} already exists."
+                )
             raise RuntimeError(
                 f"Failed to create Katib Experiment: {namespace}/{experiment.metadata.name}"
             )