Nginx rewrite: last & break

[locojohn]

Nginx User Wrote:
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> Adding Maxim's statement above into account,
> outside a location block,
> "break" behaves just like "last" does since there
> are no location
> directives to run here.
> 
> Someone just needs to update the docs if this is
> correct.
> 

I have experienced situations when "rewrite something target last;" in
the server {} section generates the 503 page, while "rewrite something
target break;" instead works OK.  It means that "break" does not behave
like "last" in the server section of the virtual host either.

Andrejs

Posted at Nginx Forum: http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,216965,217052#msg-217052