theonedev/onedev · error · ExplicitException

Http request failed (status: )

Error message

Http request failed (status: %s)

What it means

JerseyUtils.get throws ExplicitException("Http request failed (status: <status>)") when a GET returns a non-200 status but the response has no readable error message entity. The status code alone is reported because the server supplied no body.

Solutions

1. Check the status code in the message: 401/403 -> fix credentials/permissions; 404 -> verify URL; 429 -> back off and retry; 5xx -> server-side problem.
2. Inspect proxy/gateway logs (nginx, load balancer) since empty bodies usually mean the intermediary produced the status.
3. Reproduce with curl -i on the same endpoint to see raw response and headers.
4. Confirm network/firewall rules allow the outbound request from the server host.

Example fix

// before (token revoked, empty 401 body)
JsonNode node = JerseyUtils.get("https://host/api/project"); // 'Http request failed (status: 401)'
// after: refresh/reissue token before calling
String freshToken = refreshToken();
// rebuild client with freshToken, then
JsonNode node = JerseyUtils.get("https://host/api/project");

try {
    JsonNode node = JerseyUtils.get(apiEndpoint);
} catch (ExplicitException e) {
    Matcher m = Pattern.compile("status: (\\d+)").matcher(e.getMessage());
    if (m.find()) {
        int status = Integer.parseInt(m.group(1));
        // 401/403: fix auth; 404: fix url; 429/5xx: retry with backoff
    }
}

When it happens

Trigger: Calling JerseyUtils.get(apiEndpoint) and receiving 401/403/404/429/5xx with an empty body — commonly when a proxy/gateway strips error bodies or the server returns bare status codes.

Common situations: Reverse proxies (nginx 502/503 without body), authentication failures that return empty 401s, gateway timeouts, or firewalls blocking with bare responses.

Related errors

• Http request failed (url: , status code: , error message: )
• 405
• Error parsing media type
• Exception obtaining parameters
• Http request failed (status: )

AI-assisted analysis of theonedev/onedev@d44925c47c (2026-09-06). Data as JSON: /api/errors/c0752e418764f114. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at server-core/src/main/java/io/onedev/server/util/JerseyUtils.java:44

				return String.format("Http request failed (url: %s, status code: %d)", url, status);
			}
		} else {
			return null;
		}
	}
	
	public static JsonNode get(Client client, String apiEndpoint, TaskLogger logger) {
		WebTarget target = client.target(apiEndpoint);
		Invocation.Builder builder =  target.request();
		try (Response response = builder.get()) {
			int status = response.getStatus();
			if (status != 200) {
				String errorMessage = response.readEntity(String.class);
				if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(errorMessage)) {
					throw new ExplicitException(String.format("Http request failed (url: %s, status code: %d, error message: %s)", 
							apiEndpoint, status, errorMessage));
				} else {
					throw new ExplicitException(String.format("Http request failed (status: %s)", status));
				}
			} 
			return response.readEntity(JsonNode.class);
		}
	}
	
	public static interface PageDataConsumer {
		
		void consume(List<JsonNode> pageData) throws InterruptedException;
		
	}
	
}

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