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HTTP 502 error for no apparent reason

The server was up just minutes ago, but without any changes, it started returning 502 errors, and its only error is 2026-09-19 19:40:03,137: OSError: write error 2026-09-19 19:40:03,142: OSError: write error 2026-09-19 19:40:03,145: OSError: write error 2026-09-19 19:40:03,146: OSError: write error 2026-09-19 19:40:45,290: OSError: write error 2026-09-19 19:41:04,737: OSError: write error 2026-09-19 19:41:19,572: OSError: write error 2026-09-19 19:41:25,671: OSError: write error 2026-09-19 19:41:55,686: OSError: write error 2026-09-19 19:45:19,492: OSError: write error 2026-09-19 19:51:40,632: OSError: write error 2026-09-19 19:54:30,599: OSError: write error 2026-09-19 19:59:22,000: OSError: write error 2026-09-19 19:59:22,000: OSError: write error 2026-09-19 20:01:47,447: OSError: write error 2026-09-19 20:02:53,249: OSError: write error 2026-09-19 20:08:29,292: OSError: write error 2026-09-19 20:12:11,493: OSError: write error 2026-09-19 20:16:01,399: OSError: write error 2026-09-19 20:16:05,368: OSError: write error This has been happening since yesterday, and yes, I tested it locally and with all dependencies.

That is logged when the client disconnects before the response has been fully sent. That can happen if your web app is slow so clients disconnect before the response has been sent. See https://help.pythonanywhere.com/pages/MySiteIsSlow/