hey, at least it's not a 200 with { "error": "Bad request" }
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Yeah, plus a 500 is the backend admitting it fucked up and not blaming the front end like a 4xx would be.
Quick, make a ticket to the network team and ask why the firewall is causing the internal server error.
I wish I could say I haven't seen devs do this.
In some architectures, where many microservices are behind load balancers and other front end proxies, sometimes it is the NOC’s fault. Yes a 500 should really only be a backend error.
Oh even better. I manage Kong (an API manager) and 90% of my time these days is explaining illiterate devs that no, Kong is fine, it's their shitty API crashing. Or better, their shitty HAproxy they don't know how to configure. FML.
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Except when it's a front-end script causing issues and blaming it kn the backend.
Could be worse. You could just have your socket disconnect because the back end process crashed.