add a 500

Author: adrum

Controllers/DashboardController.cs

@@ -14,5 +14,12 @@ public IActionResult Index()
         {
             return Inertia.Render("Dashboard/Index");
         }
+
+        [HttpGet]
+        [Route("500")]
+        public IActionResult ThrowException()
+        {
+            throw new Exception("Test exception for 500 error page");
+        }
     }
 }

Middleware/ExceptionMiddleware.cs

@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ private async Task HandleExceptionAsync(HttpContext context, Exception exception
             throw exception;
         }
 
+        // In development, let the exception bubble up for normal .NET error handling
+        if (_env.IsDevelopment())
+        {
+            throw exception;
+        }
+
         context.Response.StatusCode = 500;
 
         // Clear any existing TempData to prevent serialization issues
@@ -59,12 +65,14 @@ private async Task HandleExceptionAsync(HttpContext context, Exception exception
             tempData.Clear();
         }
 
+        var isDevelopment = _env.IsDevelopment();
+
         var errorData = new
         {
-            message = _env.IsDevelopment()
+            message = isDevelopment
                 ? exception.Message
                 : "An unexpected error occurred. Please try again later.",
-            stackTrace = _env.IsDevelopment() ? exception.StackTrace : null
+            stackTrace = isDevelopment ? exception.StackTrace : null
         };
 
         var result = Inertia.Render("Error/ServerError", errorData);