> This is not a bug and not a feature (if you mean a feature as "well known
> and documentated bug"). This is intended behaviour:

By feature I meant "intended behaviour" ;)

> http://wiki.nginx.org/NginxHttpCoreModule#error_page
>
> Otherwise, you will not be able to show your custom static error_page's
> with original response status, it would always return 200 response:
>
> error_page 404 /404.html;
>
> location = /404.html {
> root /path/to/page;
> }

Of course, you're right. Next time I'll read documentation first, instead of
trying to find not existing bugs in the code... Sorry for the noise!

Best regards,
Piotr Sikora < piotr.sikora@frickle.com >