nginx with proxy_cache_use_stale not returning from cache when connection refused

[Maxim Dounin]

Hello!

On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 12:28:39PM -0500, jurerickporras wrote:

> i have the same problem . how to fix this please help

As already explained in this thread, the "fix" is to make sure the 
response is in cache.  If it's there, nginx will return it once 
configured to do so.

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Maxim Dounin
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