# 502 error - chatables

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/502-error-chatables/392286
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** chat
**Created:** [December 28, 2025, 10:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/502-error-chatables/392286 "2025-12-28T22:18:23Z")
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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2025, 10:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/502-error-chatables/392286/1 "2025-12-28T22:18:23Z")

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I got a 502 error here on Meta today. Apart from the pop up, I didn’t notice any unexpected behavior. I am not really sure what caused this, and I am not consistently able to reproduce it, but I was able to trigger it a few times.

Here is what I did:

1. I used the + in the sidebar to open the DM chat with someone I talked to before but who is currently not in my sidebar.
2. I used the full-screen chat button.
3. I changed the size of the browser window so it was smaller.
4. I made the browser window full screen again.
5. I switched from full-screen chat back to the small chat window.
6. About 7 seconds later, I saw  
 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/0/4/3/043b83baa697258d24e21c32c224a2d7b0a609ee.png)

The browser console showed:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/5/4/a/54ae2919f596f51a73656fdf0fcc128c68b8902a.png)

That’s all I have. I hope someone can make more of it than I can. If it helps, I have a video showing how I reproduced this.

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