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the "listen ... http2" directive is deprecated Nginx: nginx: [warn] the "listen ... http2" directive is deprecated, use the "http2" directive instead
Nginx / Apache · layer 3, Edge & web server
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Nginx: nginx: [emerg] unknown directive "x" in /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/x:12 — configuration file test failed
Nginx found a directive it doesn’t know — a typo, a missing semicolon on the previous line, a directive from a module that isn’t…
HTTP 410 Gone
The resource used to exist but was intentionally and permanently removed, with no forwarding address.
Nginx: [info] client prematurely closed connection while reading response header from upstream / access log status 499
The client (browser, mobile app, load balancer) disconnected before Nginx finished the response; Nginx logs status 499.
Nginx: [emerg] SSL_CTX_set_tmp_dh("/etc/ssl/dhparam.pem") failed (SSL: error:1401E0A8:SSL routines:... dh key too small)
The Diffie-Hellman parameters file is too weak (e.g. 512 or 768 bit) for the current OpenSSL security level.
Chrome: ERR_HTTP2_INADEQUATE_TRANSPORT_SECURITY — HTTP/2 requires a modern TLS cipher
The server speaks HTTP/2 but negotiated a TLS version or cipher that HTTP/2 forbids (blocklisted ciphers or TLS below 1.2).
Nginx: [crit] accept4() failed (24: Too many open files) / open() failed (24: Too many open files)
Nginx workers hit the file-descriptor limit and can't accept or open more.
Nginx/Apache: ModSecurity: Access denied with code 403 (phase 2). Matched "Operator GE matched 5 at TX:anomaly_score"
The ModSecurity WAF (OWASP Core Rule Set) blocked the request as suspicious.
Nginx: [error] client intended to send too large body: 5242880 bytes (413 Request Entity Too Large)
A request body exceeded `client_max_body_size` (default 1 MB), so Nginx returned 413 before reaching your app.
Two steps away (24)
HTTP 413 Content Too Large (Request Entity Too Large)
The request body is bigger than the server is willing to accept — usually a file upload over the configured limit.
OAuth Error: redirect_uri_mismatch
The redirect URI in your OAuth request doesn’t exactly match one registered for the client in the provider’s console.
WordPress: Error Establishing a Database Connection
WordPress can’t connect to its MySQL/MariaDB database with the credentials in wp-config.php, or the database server is down.
HTTP 400 Bad Request
The server could not understand the request because its syntax, headers or body are malformed or invalid.
HTTP 404 Not Found
The server can’t find anything at the requested URL.
HTTP 301 Moved Permanently
The resource has a new permanent URL; clients and search engines should use the address in the Location header from now on.
HTTP 500 Internal Server Error
The server hit an unexpected condition — usually an unhandled exception or misconfiguration in the application.
HTTP 504 Gateway Timeout
A proxy or gateway waited too long for the upstream server to respond and gave up.
HTTP 499 Client Closed Request (Nginx)
Nginx-specific code logged when the client disconnected before the server finished responding.
nginx: [emerg] bind() to 0.0.0.0:80 failed (98: Address already in use)
Nginx (or another server) can’t listen on the port because another process already holds it — often Apache, another Nginx, or a s…
Nginx: upstream timed out (110: Connection timed out) while reading response header from upstream
Nginx waited longer than proxy_read_timeout (60 s default) for the backend (app server, PHP-FPM) to respond, then returned 504.
Nginx: [emerg] SSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey_file("/etc/ssl/server.key") failed (SSL: error:0B080074:x509 certificate routines:X509_check_private_key:key values mismatch)
The private key does not belong to the certificate configured in the server.
Chrome: This site can’t provide a secure connection — uses an unsupported protocol. ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH
The browser and the server could not agree on a TLS version or cipher — the server is too old or misconfigured, or the browser is.
OpenSSL: error:14094410:SSL routines:ssl3_read_bytes:sslv3 alert handshake failure (SSL alert number 40)
The server aborted the handshake with alert 40 — no acceptable parameters (cipher, signature algorithm, client certificate or SNI…
Nginx: [emerg] no "ssl_certificate" is defined for the "listen ... ssl" directive in /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default:3
A server block listens with `ssl` but has no `ssl_certificate` and `ssl_certificate_key`.
Too many open files (EMFILE)
The process hit its file-descriptor limit — sockets, files and pipes all count.
fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable (process/thread limit)
The user or container hit its maximum number of processes/threads (ulimit -u, pids cgroup), so new processes can’t be created.
Cloudflare Error 1025: Please check back later (Workers request limit)
The site’s Cloudflare Workers plan exceeded its daily request limit (free plan: 100,000 requests/day).
HTTP 403 Forbidden
The server understood the request but refuses to authorize it — you (or the server process) are not allowed to access this resour…
Cloudflare Error 1020: Access Denied
A Cloudflare firewall/WAF custom rule blocked the request — the visitor’s IP, country, user agent or request pattern matched a bl…
API/app requests get 403 with cf-mitigated: challenge (Bot Fight Mode / challenge on non-browser clients)
Cloudflare is answering API calls, webhooks or mobile-app requests with a challenge page (HTML 403) because bot protection treats…
WordPress: The link you followed has expired
Usually an upload (theme, plugin, media) larger than PHP’s upload/post limits — WordPress receives an empty request and shows thi…
HTTP 100 Continue
An interim response telling the client to go ahead and send the request body — normal when the client sent Expect: 100-continue.
HTTP 417 Expectation Failed
The server or a proxy can’t meet the Expect header in the request — almost always Expect: 100-continue.
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