Magento 2 is Currently Unable to Handle This Request. Fix Magento 2 Error 500

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Why HTTP 500 Error Occurs?

℘ Magento file permission issue

→ This issue is very common for the 500 error. You just need to change the permission to solve the issue from Magento Admin.

℘ Magento maintenance mode issue

→ Maintenance mode can be the reason to occur 500 error. Because this mode changes file permission of index.php.

℘ Third-party extensions issue

→ While installing the new extension or update, this error has occurred. You just need to run a command to get rid of this.

℘ Memory limit issue

→ Another very usual reason is the memory limit issue for Magento 2 500 error. For this issue, you only have to increase the PHP memory limit.

℘ Magento missing modules

→ This is the error from the server-side. Because sometimes Magento 2 does not support some of the specifications. For this, you need to check the Magento modules which are missing.

℘ .htaccess file issue

→ When there's mistake in the configuration of installation of theme, packages, patches, etc., 500 error occurs in Magento 2. In this case you need to rename/remove .htacces file.

Let's see the solutions of the Magento 2 Is Currently Unable To Handle This Request. HTTP error 500 in detail:

How to solve Magento 2 is currently unable to handle this request- HTTP error 500

⇒ Firstly, you need to enable the developer mode with the help of the below command:

Run: php bin/magento deploy:mode:set developer

1. Magento file permission issue

→ Apply the below solution to change the file permission.

cd <Magento install dir>
find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \; 
find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \; 
chown -R :<web server group>
chmod u+x bin/magento

2. Magento maintenance mode issue

→ Remove var/.maintenance.flag file

→ Run: php bin/magento maintenance:enable

3. Third-party extensions issue

→ After implementation of the third-party extension or update, run the below command:

php bin/magento mod:disable

→ Then, contact your vendor.

4. Memory limit issue

→ Sometimes it may happen that the server is lacking of the resource to run Magento. That time you need to increase the PHP memory limit. This can be done by change in .htaccess file or php.ini file.

→ Run the code in php.ini file: memory_limit = 756M

→ Run the below code in .htaccess file:

<IfModule mod_php5.c> php_value memory_limit 756M </IfModule>

5. Magento missing modules

→ When installing Magento, sometimes it may happen some modules are missing. That cause internal error. At that time, you need to check the Magento modules are installed properly or not. If not, missing modules need to install properly on the server.

6. .htaccess file issue

→ At the time of configuration, if you have made mistake, then 500 error occur in Magento 2. To solve this issue, you need to rename or remove the .htaccess file.

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