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I see you're the author of Caddy, cool! Sometimes in Big Tech, this is a way to realize that some backend service is having issues because a proxy in front of the service is still returning a response. It's a rare failure case at most companies though.



Explaining 504s to the author of Caddy is a move, to be sure.


I don't mind; my initial gut reaction forgot what the 504 was about. It's also helpful to other readers not as familiar with the topic! :)


What's the point of being so snappy and not assume good faith? I was just saying that sometimes it's fun to probe big tech during an outage, see a 504 and see `awselb` as the user agent returned, and get some outside visibility into what's going on inside. I recommend everyone do it, it's fun! It's like using eclipse glasses to look at an eclipse or binoculars to see jets in the sky.


Isn’t that what the previous comment said? I don’t think HTTP 504 is specific to Big Tech.




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