500 error

Internal server problem

A 500 error is a server-side error message indicating something went wrong on a website's backend, but the server can't specify what.

Unlike 404 errors (page not found), a 500 error means the problem lies with the server itself, not the user's request: The site's been throwing 500 errors all morning.

Also called an internal server error.

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