WriteErrorCode function always returns 500 code inside JSON payload

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Describe the bug

I noticed by using the (h *JSONWriter) WriteErrorCode function, that the header is correctly set, but the JSON response returns a 500 status code and message.

Is this a bug or am i interpreting the purpose of the function wrong?

Reproducing the bug

h.d.Writer().WriteErrorCode(w, r, 401, errors.New("error"))

Response:

Version

v0.10.2

On which operating system are you observing this issue?

Linux

In which environment are you deploying?

None

Additional Context

My workaround right now:

h.d.Writer().WriteError(w, r, herodot.DefaultError{
	CodeField:  401,
	ErrorField: errors.New("error"),
})

Start in json.go at the linked WriteErrorCode function and reproduce the behavior with the provided WriteErrorCode call. Verify that the JSON response uses the requested 401 code and error message rather than 500, while preserving the correctly set HTTP header.