From 471c1170e645c78920dc4ac0450f6c66980787c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sergiobuilds <geneva29849@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 01:28:03 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] Fix spamming videoplayback requests when companion is
 unreachable

---
 src/invidious/routes/companion.cr | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/invidious/routes/companion.cr b/src/invidious/routes/companion.cr
index 811393ab..883e4b64 100644
--- a/src/invidious/routes/companion.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/routes/companion.cr
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ module Invidious::Routes::Companion
         end
       end
     rescue ex
+      env.response.status_code = 502
+      return env.response.print("502 Bad Gateway")
     end
   end
 
@@ -30,6 +32,8 @@ module Invidious::Routes::Companion
         end
       end
     rescue ex
+      env.response.status_code = 502
+      return env.response.print("502 Bad Gateway")
     end
   end
 
@@ -46,6 +50,8 @@ module Invidious::Routes::Companion
         end
       end
     rescue ex
+      env.response.status_code = 502
+      return env.response.print("502 Bad Gateway")
     end
   end