From 136dc2eb1254e3f944caa1317e128283d97aa3a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Igor Loskutov <igor.loskutoff@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 07:33:06 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] server: return proper HTTP status codes for error responses
 (#3707)

Several error paths in the /inference and /load endpoints returned
HTTP 200 with a JSON error body, making it impossible for clients
to distinguish errors from successful responses by status code.

Set 400 for client errors (missing file field, unreadable audio,
missing/invalid model) and 500 for server errors (ffmpeg conversion
failure). The two existing status-code sites (499 for client
disconnect, 500 for processing failure) are unchanged.
---
 examples/server/server.cpp | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/examples/server/server.cpp b/examples/server/server.cpp
index c5354efc..8ace43bf 100644
--- a/examples/server/server.cpp
+++ b/examples/server/server.cpp
@@ -811,6 +811,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         {
             fprintf(stderr, "error: no 'file' field in the request\n");
             const std::string error_resp = "{\"error\":\"no 'file' field in the request\"}";
+            res.status = 400;
             res.set_content(error_resp, "application/json");
             return;
         }
@@ -837,6 +838,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
             std::string error_resp = "{\"error\":\"Failed to execute ffmpeg command.\"}";
             const bool is_converted = convert_to_wav(temp_filename, error_resp);
             if (!is_converted) {
+                res.status = 500;
                 res.set_content(error_resp, "application/json");
                 return;
             }
@@ -846,6 +848,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
             {
                 fprintf(stderr, "error: failed to read WAV file '%s'\n", temp_filename.c_str());
                 const std::string error_resp = "{\"error\":\"failed to read WAV file\"}";
+                res.status = 400;
                 res.set_content(error_resp, "application/json");
                 std::remove(temp_filename.c_str());
                 return;
@@ -857,6 +860,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
             {
                 fprintf(stderr, "error: failed to read audio data\n");
                 const std::string error_resp = "{\"error\":\"failed to read audio data\"}";
+                res.status = 400;
                 res.set_content(error_resp, "application/json");
                 return;
             }
@@ -1127,6 +1131,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         {
             fprintf(stderr, "error: no 'model' field in the request\n");
             const std::string error_resp = "{\"error\":\"no 'model' field in the request\"}";
+            res.status = 400;
             res.set_content(error_resp, "application/json");
             return;
         }
@@ -1135,6 +1140,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         {
             fprintf(stderr, "error: 'model': %s not found!\n", model.c_str());
             const std::string error_resp = "{\"error\":\"model not found!\"}";
+            res.status = 400;
             res.set_content(error_resp, "application/json");
             return;
         }