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Error Resolution

HTTP 499 Client Closed Request: What It Means and How to Fix It

HTTP 499 is nginx's code for a client that hung up before the response. We reproduce it with nginx and a slow upstream and show which timeout to fix.

November 12, 2026 · 25 min read