Nginx cache and default error pages

[Maxim Dounin]

Hello!

On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 09:13:38PM +0200, B.R. wrote:

> Quick question:
> 
> Are hardcoded default error pages being cached when *_cache directives
> specify their HTTP error code? Or does it only apply to pages specified
> with the error_page directive?

By default, nginx will cache pages as returned by an upstream 
server, regardless of status codes.

If you use proxy_intercept_errors to overwrite error pages 
returned by the upstream, this applies to error codes with 
corresponding error_page set only.

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Maxim Dounin
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