Cannot set cookies when using error_page directive, why?

[Richard Stanway]

See http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_headers_module.html#add_header

"Adds the specified field to a response header provided that the response
code equals 200, 201, 204, 206, 301, 302, 303, 304, or 307."

If the always parameter is specified (1.7.5), the header field will be
added regardless of the response code.

On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 12:37 AM, pdh0710 <nginx-forum at forum.nginx.org>
wrote:

> error_page      400 401 402 403 404 500 502 503 504     /err.html;
>
> location = /err.html {
>         root /var/www;
>         add_header Set-Cookie "error_response=${status}; path=/;";
> }
>
> ==========
>
> (Please excuse my English)
>
> Above is a part of my 'nginx.conf'. My purpose is... If error occurred,
> client browser gets
> 'err.html' with error_response=$status cookie. The 'err.html' has
> JavaScript
> codes that
> handles the error_response cookie and display related error messages.
>
> However, when I tried "http://test.domain.com/not_exist.html" and other
> urls
> make error,
> the client browser got 'err.html' without error_response cookie.
> But when I tried "http://test.domain.com/err.html" directly, client
> browser
> got error_response
> cookie successfully.
> So, I concluded Nginx does not pass cookies when using 'error_page'
> directive.
>
> Is it a Nginx bug?
> Or intentionally blocked? Why?
>
> Posted at Nginx Forum: https://forum.nginx.org/read.
> php?2,271704,271704#msg-271704
>
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