How can I redirect from the Netlify 502 error screen?

Support
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Hi,

I sometimes have lamda function timeouts because my underlying services are unavailable. When this happens, I get the Netlify 502 “This function has crashed” screen.

I would rather be able to display an error screen within my own app when this happens, so that I can message users appropriately, but I can’t seem to figure out how to write a redirect that does this.

My netlify site ID is c60bdab6-8b64-48a1-9376-7cd55ed8329f
My custom domain is www.sqyre.app
I would like to be able to display a page at www.sqyre.app/502 when my services are unavailable.

I appreciate any pointers you can provide, thank you.

  • Joe
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You can set a custom 404 page here: https://docs.netlify.com/routing/redirects/redirect-options/#custom-404-page-handling

I’m not sure if that will work for a custom 502 page, but you can try. You could also use an edge function: edge-functions-examples/pages/rewrite at main · netlify/edge-functions-examples · GitHub

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I have a custom 404, but it doesn’t catch the 502 that currently goes to the Netlify lamda function timeout screen. I’ll see about doing a spike with the edge function as you mention, perhaps that would let me intercept the 502 and handle it accordingly. Thanks.