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FastAPI Errors Explained: 422 Validation Responses, Header and Query Rules, 500s and async def Blocking

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Tested with FastAPI 0.151 and Pydantic 2.14: exact 422 payloads for missing fields, wrong types, bad JSON and form data, query limits, required headers, HTTPException, trailing-slash redirects, 405, 500 and a measured async def blocking test.

Decode FastAPI's 422 response bodies, see which inputs trigger them, return proper 401 and 404 errors, and avoid the performance trap of calling time.sleep inside an async def endpoint.

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