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Intermittent Error - 502 Bad gateway, when accessing reports with Prompts

Troubleshooting


Problem

This tech note describes a solution for an intermittent error experienced when running reports with prompts. When trying to run these reports, users sometimes experience an error where there report doesn't load and instead the message "502 Bad Gateway" is shown. Occurs on systems usign load-balancers.

Symptom

Symptoms of the issue:

  1.  Reports sometimes work after clearing the browser cache
  2. Issue is intermittent
  3. Performance of report is also slow
  4. Error doesn't happen when by-passing gateway and using load-balancing URL instead
  5. No recent changes to Gateway servers or configuration

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Document Information

Modified date:
13 January 2026

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ibm10742707