What does ERR_SPDY_PROTOCOL_ERROR mean in nginx?

I came across this question when trying to find help for the problem I was facing with ERR_SPDY_PROTOCOL_ERROR on Chrome. Thought this might benefit others. Our situation / solution: We use an AWS Application Load Balancer connected to EC2 instances. One of the scripts we run on EC2 proxies requests from the client browser. We recently updated the script – no … Read more

400 Bad Request – request header or cookie too large

It’s just what the error says – Request Header Or Cookie Too Large. One of your headers is really big, and nginx is rejecting it. You’re on the right track with large_client_header_buffers. If you check the docs, you’ll find it’s only valid in http or server contexts. Bump it up to a server block and it will work. By the way, the … Read more