Fastcgi_cache sometimes returns statuscode 500

[Maxim Dounin]

Hello!

On Mon, Mar 02, 2015 at 07:50:46AM -0500, mastercan wrote:

> Maxim Dounin Wrote:
> -------------------------------------------------------
> > Hello!
> > 
> > Try looking into the error log.  When nginx returns 500, it used to 
> > complain to the error log explaining the reason.
> > 
> 
> Unfortunately the error log for that vhost does not reveal anything at the
> specific times in question...

This makes me think that it is just a cached 500 response from 
your backend then.  If in doubt, you can obtain details using 
debug log, see http://wiki.nginx.org/Debugging.

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Maxim Dounin
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