NestJS · Junior · Question 35 of 75

What does Nest return if a handler throws a plain `Error`?

1The error message and stack trace with status 200
✓Correct answer: 500 Internal Server Error with a generic message
3400 Bad Request

Explanation

Unknown errors are not exposed to clients. Map expected cases to HttpExceptions, or write an exception filter.

Further reading

NestJS: Exception filters ↗

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