fix: handle 401 in typescript getFlow helpers

[jonas-jonas]

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved handling of unauthorized responses during settings flows.
  • Automatically restarts the flow when an authentication session expires in settings.
  • Preserves existing error handling for unauthorized responses in other flows.

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• contrib/fetch/src/utils.ts

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Walkthrough

handleFlowError now accepts an optional flowType and restarts settings flows on HTTP 401 responses while preserving existing handling for other flow types.

Changes

Settings flow error handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Flow-type-aware 401 handling contrib/fetch/src/utils.ts	Adds the FlowType import, extends FlowErrorHandlerProps with flowType, and invokes onRestartFlow() for settings-flow HTTP 401 responses.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Suggested reviewers: aeneasr

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title accurately summarizes the main change: handling HTTP 401 in getFlow helpers.
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