connection error should be logged with "connecting to upstream" action, the bug was introduced in r1154
diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c index 650c84c..ae5f3d3 100644 --- a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c +++ b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
@@ -1290,6 +1290,7 @@ if (ngx_event_flags & NGX_USE_KQUEUE_EVENT) { if (c->write->pending_eof) { + c->log->action = "connecting to upstream"; (void) ngx_connection_error(c, c->write->kq_errno, "kevent() reported that connect() failed"); return NGX_ERROR; @@ -1313,6 +1314,7 @@ } if (err) { + c->log->action = "connecting to upstream"; (void) ngx_connection_error(c, err, "connect() failed"); return NGX_ERROR; }