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502 bad gateway whenever someone uploads a big file. caddy proxying to a python api and zero clues

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  1. Emeka Rossi
    @erossi_15

    not gonna lie this is driving me nuts getting 502 Bad Gateway wehnever someone uploads a big file, and it's starting to cost us orders.

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    the setup is Caddy proxying to a Python API on a small VPS 😭 CPU graphs look normal, disk isnt full. the proxy itself is clearly alive cuz it serves teh error page. so something beihnd it is dying or not answering, but what? id appreciate a checklist from someone who has hnuted these before. detailed answers welcome, Im comfortable on teh command line. what am i doing wrong??

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  2. Jade Adler
    @signalbench

    uhh what exactly does teh proxy error log say at the time of a 502?? ??

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  4. Emeka Rossi
    @erossi_15
    in reply to @soren_pixel

    ahh right error log shows connect() failed (111: Connection refused) while connecting to upstream every time, whenever someone uploads a big file. idk what else to say tbh

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  5. Zane Kaur
    @ember_garage

    @ping_works-3pl nah thats not it, whenever has nothing to do with it. wait does this also apply to 502?

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  6. Alba B.
    @cron_hound

    ok so a 502 means the proxy reached out to teh app behind it and got a broken or no resopnse. Read the proxys error log first: sudo tail -n 100 /var/log/nginx/error.log for Nginx. connect() failed (111: Connection refused) means nothing is listening; upstream prematurely closed connection means the app crashed or killed teh request mid-way. worked for me anyway 🤷

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  7. Noor M.
    @ping_works-3pl

    ok so check teh app service right after a 502: systemctl status php*-fpm, systemctl status yourapp, or docker compose ps... if it shows restarts or eixted state, read its own logs with journalctl -u yourapp -n 200 or docker compose logs app. the real error lives there, not in teh proxy log. worked for me anyway 🤷

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