Its OK to forward that 503 upstream; the key is to make sure that it 
doesn't have a Retry-After. If none is there, the 503 applies to this 
request only, and the upstream proxy will then try its alternate locations.

-Jonathan R.

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> 
> Hi all,
> 
> What does a stateful proxy do if it receives a
> 503 response to a forwarded request and it does
> not have any alternate locations to try ? Will
> generating a 480 (temporarily unavailable) or
> 408 (request timed out) response be appropriate
> in this case ?
> 
> -Binu
> 
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