Why so many bad 502 Gateways?

Fresno, CA, Us

The IT gerbils do a work slowdown near the end of the week.

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MandC508Veteran
Framingham, MA, Us

.....And that likely explains why it happens more often as you get closer to the weekend with everyone looking to make plans, contact others, etc. Exactly the time frame you need the site the most, it gets overloaded so you can't access it.

Galena, OH, Us

Most times it's because the server(s) is/are overloaded. However, if there are performance issues on the server it can happen as well. So - more server, better code, or blue pills may all help.

From Google:

HTTP 502 Bad Gateway -
Webserver overload: If a webserver reaches its limit, it can't answer any more requests — the gateway then delivers the status code 502 Bad Gateway. The reason ...

Los Gatos, CA, Us

It seems like its the norm now on this site to have an ever increasing amount of bad 502 gateways, why?