The problem is that error handling is far more complex than you think at first.

The idea that "the happy path is the most common" is a total lie.

    a + b

CAN fail. But HOW that is the question!

So, errors are everywhere. And you must commit to a way to handle it and no is not possible, like no, not possible to satisfy all the competing ideas about it.

So there is not viable to ask the community about it, because:

    a + b

CAN fail. But HOW change by different reasons. And there is not possible to have a single solution for it, precisely because the different reasons.

So, you pick a side and that is.