Playbook: Isolate 502 Bad Gateway in 2 Commands

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When a service shows 502 Bad Gateway, the fastest first split is: proxy layer vs upstream process.

This minimal playbook helps you decide in under a minute.

1) Probe upstream directly (bypass gateway)

npx --yes fast-ops-url-probe-cli "http://127.0.0.1:8080/health" --expect-status 200 --json

2) Probe through the gateway path

npx --yes fast-ops-url-probe-cli "https://your-gateway.example/health" --expect-status 200 --json

How to interpret

• Direct probe fails, gateway fails: upstream/service problem.
• Direct probe passes, gateway fails: routing/proxy/timeout/policy problem.
• Both pass intermittently: likely dependency latency or unstable backend.

Optional: force content-negotiation path (JSON vs SSE)

npx --yes fast-ops-url-probe-cli "https://your-gateway.example/api/path" \
  --method POST \
  --header "Accept: application/json" \
  --timeout 45000 \
  --json

If anyone tests this flow, reply with the redacted JSON output and I can help map it to the next checks.

Package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/fast-ops-url-probe-cli