AI engineering glossary · Web APIs HTTP
What is 500 Internal Server Error?
500 Internal Server Error: The generic status code meaning the server hit an unexpected fault while handling a valid request. It points to a bug or failure on the server side, so the caller can only retry later or report it.
500 Internal Server Error: an example
An unhandled exception in the server code makes it return 500.
Related terms
More Web APIs HTTP terms
- 502 Bad Gateway
- 503 Service Unavailable
- 504 Gateway Timeout
- Accept header
- Access token
- API
- API gateway
- API key
Where you learn it
500 Internal Server Error is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.