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500 Internal Server Error

The server encountered an unexpected condition that prevented it from fulfilling the request.

Common Causes

  1. 1Unhandled exception in server code
  2. 2Database connection failure
  3. 3Null pointer / undefined reference
  4. 4Corrupted server state
  5. 5Out of memory

How to Fix

Add global error handling

// Express
app.use((err, req, res, next) => {
  console.error(err.stack);
  res.status(500).json({
    error: 'Internal server error',
    requestId: req.id,
  });
});

Global error handler prevents crashes and returns consistent error responses.

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