Angular2 HTTP - How to understand that the backend server is down

Question

I am developing a front end which consumes JSON services provided by a server.

I happily use HTTP of Angular2 and I can catch errors via .catch() operator.

Answer 1

I have the same problem while using angular2.0.0-beta.15

It seems like this is a bug. You get http status 200 and this is not correct:

https://github.com/angular/http/issues/54