Return consistent error status for proxy unable to connect

PR 46971


git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@806920 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

3 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 6c96a6be4d..bb20d9da7e 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 Changes with Apache 2.3.3
 
+  *) Proxy: unable to connect to a backend is SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE,
+     rather than BAD_GATEWAY or (especially) NOT_FOUND.
+     PR 46971 [evanc nortel.com]
+
   *) Various modules: Do better checking of pollset operations in order to
      avoid segmentation faults if they fail. PR 46467
      [Stefan Fritsch <sf sfritsch.de>]
diff --git a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_connect.c b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_connect.c
index 8f55e911f3..c7225c51b6 100644
--- a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_connect.c
+++ b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_connect.c
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static int proxy_connect_handler(request_rec *r, proxy_worker *worker,
             return DECLINED;
         }
         else {
-            return HTTP_BAD_GATEWAY;
+            return HTTP_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_http.c b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_http.c
index bdfe594d69..f5be7c5f56 100644
--- a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_http.c
+++ b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_http.c
@@ -1972,10 +1972,7 @@ static int proxy_http_handler(request_rec *r, proxy_worker *worker,
 
     /* Step Two: Make the Connection */
     if (ap_proxy_connect_backend(proxy_function, backend, worker, r->server)) {
-        if (r->proxyreq == PROXYREQ_PROXY)
-            status = HTTP_NOT_FOUND;
-        else
-            status = HTTP_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE;
+        status = HTTP_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE;
         goto cleanup;
     }