Default GraphQL response is now HTTP 500

markl42 27 points 2 comments April 01, 2026
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nivertech

> After years of debate and confusion, the GraphQL Working Group has reached a historic decision: starting with the October 2027 spec release, all GraphQL responses will return random HTTP status codes between 100 and 599. > Additionally in order to make GraphQL AI Agents friendly, the GraphQL response body will be switching from JSON to Markdown.

rendaw

> PS: If you’ve read this far, congrats and happy first of April! It's April 2 here. I'm kind of wondering how good an idea April fools is on the global internet.

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