cowboy close connection without response

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Hello i have simpy question

In nginx i use 444 code to block unwanted users

444 CONNECTION CLOSED WITHOUT RESPONSE

Is there any way to produce same nginx 444 error in cowboy?

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Sending a status code for “no response” sounds like a lie, as the status code is already a response.

Additionally that one isn’t even in the standard.

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Though I think you can use any status code you like when calling reply

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It’s non-standard but very useful. The “status code” is only used locally; as the name suggests nginx closes the connection without returning any response at all.

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So this is to be used as a means of communication between the application server and it’s gateway?

Seems as if it were tightly coupling the application to the gateway and makes it hard to exchange it.

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Nope, it’s just a way to tell nginx to handle bogus requests by essentially ignoring them. If I’m running a Phoenix app, there’s no reason to even bother returning a 404 for e.g. /wp_admin.php.

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100%. Thanks for asking this question. I ended up here looking for a solution for a web app running on Heroku, which uses a forked version of Cowboy.