Fix for double content when return is used in error_page handler. Test case: location / { error_page 405 /nope; return 405; } location /nope { return 200; } This is expected to return 405 with empty body, but in 0.8.42+ will return builtin 405 error page as well (though not counted in Content-Length, thus breaking protocol). Fix is to use status provided by rewrite script execution in case it's less than NGX_HTTP_BAD_REQUEST even if r->error_status set. This check is in line with one in ngx_http_script_return_code(). Note that this patch also changes behaviour for "return 302 ..." and "rewrite ... redirect" used as error handler. E.g. location / { error_page 405 /redirect; return 405; } location /redirect { rewrite ^ http://example.com/; } will actually return redirect to "http://example.com/" instead of builtin 405 error page with meaningless Location header. This looks like correct change and it's in line with what happens on e.g. directory redirects in error handlers.