502 Bad Gateway

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  1. 502 Bad Gateway
  2. Resolution

502 Bad Gateway

MageStack


Bad Gateway errors occur when the PHP process has not responded "normally". This is often for the following reasons,

  • PHP code error
  • Badly written PHP code that crashes the PHP process
  • PHP service restarts, caused by
    • Excessive traffic
    • Blocking external requests (like slow SQL, or a blocking external CURL request)

In the majority of cases, the triggers for a bad gateway error are from poorly written code not due to anything server-side.

Resolution

See PHP Error Logs for more information.