nginx 0.4.4 *) Feature: the $scheme variable. *) Feature: the "expires" directive supports the "max" parameter. *) Feature: the "include" directive supports the "*" mask. Thanks to Jonathan Dance. *) Bugfix: the "return" directive always overrode the "error_page" response code redirected by the "error_page" directive. *) Bugfix: a segmentation fault occurred if zero-length body was in PUT method. *) Bugfix: the redirect was changed incorrectly if the variables were used in the "proxy_redirect" directive.

--- a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_rewrite_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_rewrite_module.c
@@ -178,7 +178,11 @@ ngx_http_rewrite_handler(ngx_http_reques
         code(e);
     }
 
-    return e->status;
+    if (r->err_status == 0) {
+        return e->status;
+    }
+
+    return r->err_status;
 }