Oops. Clearly I'm didn't see that section. Thanks a bunch all. On Sep 18, 9:05 am, Simon Knott <[email protected]> wrote: > Doesn't this functionality already exist? > > https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/java/config/appconfig#Cu... > > https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/python/config/appconfig#... > > Cheers, > Simon > > > > On Tuesday, 18 September 2012 14:47:36 UTC+1, hyperflame wrote: > > > Would it be possible for GAE to display user-friendly error pages to > > users? > > > Right now, if a hosted app fails to execute (for whatever reason) GAE > > sends out a HTTP 500 error. This error page consists of the following > > words: "Server Error: The server encountered an error and could not > > complete your request. If the problem persists, please report (http:// > > code.google.com/appengine/community.html) your problem and mention > > this error message and the query that caused it." > > > While developers understand that message, it is not user-friendly, and > > doesn't report the correct action for the user to take. If my > > organization's app fails, I want the user to report the failure > > directly to my organization, not to a general Google mailing list. > > > What I'd like to see is a more user-friendly error page; perhaps you > > could write something along the lines of "We're sorry, but your > > request has encountered a problem. Please email us (email address > > here) to let us know." And then put the app owner's email address (or > > Twitter/Facebook/etc account name) as a clickable link. > > > Or you could allow us to specify a static page to serve up whenever a > > failure occurs. Amazon S3 does something similar, where you can > > specify a static page for 404 errors. Or even just allow us to put in > > a redirect url; if a 500 error occurs, GAE could reply with a Moved > > Temporarily code and redirect to the redirect url. > > > While we all hope and aim to build web sites with no downtime, errors > > do happen occasionally, and this would be a huge help in the UI/UX > > department. > > > Thanks for your time.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
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