From 73e17750022749515efd9413480ae02fb9244bb9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Johan=20Bergstr=C3=B6m?= <bugs@bergstroem.nu>
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2022 09:14:14 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat: 500 response if the node proxy request fails (#7398)

---
 packages/vite/src/node/server/middlewares/proxy.ts | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/server/middlewares/proxy.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/server/middlewares/proxy.ts
index 5c447435911ecd..9cd529a0dbba7b 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/server/middlewares/proxy.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/server/middlewares/proxy.ts
@@ -43,11 +43,16 @@ export function proxyMiddleware(
     }
     const proxy = httpProxy.createProxyServer(opts) as HttpProxy.Server
 
-    proxy.on('error', (err) => {
+    proxy.on('error', (err, req, res) => {
       config.logger.error(`${colors.red(`http proxy error:`)}\n${err.stack}`, {
         timestamp: true,
         error: err
       })
+      res
+        .writeHead(500, {
+          'Content-Type': 'text/plain'
+        })
+        .end()
     })
 
     if (opts.configure) {