[OSM-dev] What means "500 Internal Server Error" on API server

[Tom Hughes]

On 08/12/10 20:59, Stefan de Konink wrote:
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> Op 08-12-10 21:45, Wyo schreef:
>> I've tried to access the API server but always get "500 Internal Server
>> Error" after 30s. What's the meaning, how can I interpret this error?
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> The (Fast)CGI process didn't return data in time. Or the data was
> malformed. Thus you can interpret it as: ruby (aka: the API) did not do
> its job (at all) or (in)complete.

Well those are some of the many possible explanations, yes.

To answer the original question, it just means something went wrong - if 
you can provide some more context (times, IP addresses, etc) then we may 
be able to have a look at the logs and see what the problem is.

Tom

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