API Design · Middle · Question 44 of 75

How do GraphQL errors differ from REST errors?

1GraphQL has no error handling
✓Correct answer: A response can return partial data plus an errors array, often with HTTP 200, so clients must check both
3GraphQL always returns 500 on errors

Explanation

Some teams model expected business errors as part of the schema (union result types) instead of using errors.

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