Bad Gateway
Noun · Slang & Abbreviations
Definitions
Often used casually to refer to 502 errors or to the general situation where a proxy or gateway cannot get a valid response from an upstream service. In ops slang, 'bad gateway' can become shorthand for a whole class of upstream connectivity pain.
In plain English: A casual way to refer to 502-style upstream gateway errors.
Example: "Support kept saying 'bad gateway' because that was the user-facing error, but the real problem was an overloaded auth service behind the edge proxy."
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