openresty / openresty/lua-nginx-module

issue with ngx.exit

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Description

os: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.3
openresy: 1.17.8.2
ngx_lua: 0.10.17
as the document said: "When status >= 200 (i.e., ngx.HTTP_OK and above), it will interrupt the execution of the current request and return status code to Nginx.", but i use return ngx.exit(500) in content_by_lua* but the request still run header_filter, body_filter and log phase. and i took a quick look at the source code of ngx_lua, i found the flag exited set in ngx_http_lua_ffi_exit was less used.

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Start by reading ngx_http_lua_ffi_exit and the handling of the exited flag in the ngx_lua source, then trace request processing after return ngx.exit(500) from content_by_lua*. Compare the observed header_filter, body_filter, and log phases with the ngx.exit documentation; done means the behavior is explained and the relevant code or documentation is corrected.

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Tech stack
c, lua, nginx
Domain
backend
Issue type
Bug
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4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
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Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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