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Misleading HTTP Status codes for incorrect paths and methods
See original GitHub issueDescribe the bug
When calling invalid API paths the server responds with 500 Internal server error.
Expected behaviour
The server responds with a 400 family HTTP status code.
Steps to reproduce the issue
$ curl -v <backend_url>/
[...]
< HTTP/1.1 500
< Content-Type: text/html;charset=utf-8
< Content-Language: en
< Content-Length: 455
< Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT
< Connection: close
<
* Closing connection 0
<!doctype html><html lang="en"><head><title>HTTP Status 500 – Internal Server Error</title><style type="text/css">body {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;} h1, h2, h3, b {color:white;background-color:#525D76;} h1 {font-size:22px;} h2 {font-size:16px;} h3 {font-size:14px;} p {font-size:12px;} a {color:black;} .line {height:1px;background-color:#525D76;border:none;}</style></head><body><h1>HTTP Status 500 – Internal Server Error</h1></body></html>
Technical details
- Host Machine OS (Windows/Linux/Mac): Ubuntu running Docker
Issue Analytics
- State:
- Created 3 years ago
- Reactions:1
- Comments:5 (5 by maintainers)
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Given the fact that 5.4 is still a bit far out, I just reached out the Spring Security team to see whether they can do something about it in the 5.3 branch as well.
can’t reproduce anymore…