Remove panic and wrapping informational error from server

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What this PR does / why we need it:

Sub PR for #501

Which issue(s) this PR fixes:

Fixes #

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Does this PR introduce a user-facing change?:

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Checklist:

• Added relevant tests or not required
• Didn't break anything

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Codecov Report

Merging #519 (e4fe946) into main (efe3e87) will increase coverage by 0.39%.
The diff coverage is 31.00%.

@@            Coverage Diff             @@
##             main     #519      +/-   ##
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+ Coverage   50.22%   50.61%   +0.39%     
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  Files          64       64              
  Lines        5671     5751      +80     
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+ Hits         2848     2911      +63     
+ Misses       2481     2471      -10     
- Partials      342      369      +27     

Impacted Files	Coverage Δ
server/backend/config.go	55.55% <0.00%> (-5.43%)	⬇️
server/backend/database/mongo/config.go	73.91% <0.00%> (-7.04%)	⬇️
internal/validation/validation.go	44.80% <30.76%> (-15.88%)	⬇️
api/types/create_project_fields.go	41.66% <45.45%> (-41.67%)	⬇️
api/types/updatable_project_fields.go	60.00% <50.00%> (-40.00%)	⬇️

... and 4 files with indirect coverage changes

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