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Direct Response

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Directly respond to a request with a custom response using direct responseDirect ResponseA traffic management feature that returns a fixed response (body and status code) directly to the client without forwarding the request to a backend., without forwarding to any backend.

For example, the following configuration returns a 404 Not found! response.

directResponse:
  body: "Not found!"
  status: 404

Conditional execution

To return a direct response only when a CEL expression matches, use the conditional field. For example, you can return 410 Gone on deprecated paths and let every other request reach the backend. For details, see Conditional policies.