From ee7ec31aa200dcfc1a8cdad08a23cd3f3f119aed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jane Lusby <jane@zfnd.org>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2020 16:07:39 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add a more relevant error message to insert panics

---
 zebra-state/src/sled_state/sled_format.rs | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/zebra-state/src/sled_state/sled_format.rs b/zebra-state/src/sled_state/sled_format.rs
index c8cdb212b..970477339 100644
--- a/zebra-state/src/sled_state/sled_format.rs
+++ b/zebra-state/src/sled_state/sled_format.rs
@@ -242,11 +242,18 @@ impl SledSerialize for sled::transaction::TransactionalTree {
         K: IntoSled,
         V: IntoSled,
     {
+        use std::any::type_name;
+
         let key_bytes = key.into_ivec();
         let value_bytes = value.into_ivec();
         let previous = self.insert(key_bytes, value_bytes)?;
 
-        assert!(previous.is_none());
+        assert!(
+            previous.is_none(),
+            "previous value was not none when inserting into ({}, {}) sled Tree",
+            type_name::<K>(),
+            type_name::<V>()
+        );
 
         Ok(())
     }