Two jumps using error_page directive

[Maxim Dounin]

Hello!

On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 02:19:27PM +0100, Kamil Gorlo wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I have problem using error_page directive, here is main part of
> problematic config:
> 
> >>>>>
>     upstream test {
>       server localhost:2009;
>     }
> 
>     upstream test2 {
>       server localhost:2010;
>     }
> 
>     server {
>       listen 80;
> 
>       location / {
>         proxy_pass http://test;
>         error_page 404 500 502 = @fail;
>       }
> 
>       location @fail {
>         proxy_pass http://test2;
>         error_page 404 500 502 /50x.html;
>       }
> 
>       location = /50x.html {
>         internal;
>         root /var/www/nginx-default;
>       }
>     }
> <<<<<
> 
> This is of course minimal config with the same problem I have in more
> complicated scenario.
> 
> Here is my case: assume both test and test2 upstreams are dead. I want
> to see nice static page with error explanation (/50x.html) but this is
> not working. Instead, I see standard nginx 502 error. So only first
> error_page directive caused jump to @fail location but then 502 didn't
> cause second jump to /50x.html. Why?

http://wiki.nginx.org/NginxHttpCoreModule#recursive_error_pages

Maxim Dounin