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Yeah, from what I understand 400 means "fix it at the client's end" and 500 means "fix it at the server's end" which seems to be what the RFC thinks, too:

https://httpwg.org/specs/rfc9110.html#overview.of.status.cod...

> The 4xx (Client Error) class of status code indicates that the client seems to have erred.

> The 5xx (Server Error) class of status code indicates that the server is aware that it has erred or is incapable of performing the requested method.



Basically, 4xx is telling the client you did something wrong (such as visit a non-existent URL), 5xx is when the server errors and can't respond appropriately.




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