nginx error_page for 502 Bad Gateway errors

Here is my server configuration:

    server {
            listen 0.0.0.0;
            server_name dev.host.com;            location / {
                    include /etc/nginx/proxy.conf;
                    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:5000;
                    proxy_redirect default;                    error_page 502 =200 @maintenance;
            }            location ^~ /(img|js|css)/ {
                    root /path/to/application/assets;
                    expires max;
                    break;                    error_page 404 =302 /;
            }            location @maintenance { 
                     root /path/to/static/offline/files;
                     try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html =503;
            }
    }

When the upstream app is not online, I am getting the default nginx 502 page for the root path (that is: GET /). Any idea why this is happening? I’d like the root path to respond with the maintenance page just like any other request path.

The devils in the details; my @maintenance named location was not setup correctly. Specifically, the send argument ($uri/) to try_files was causing the problem. Here is the correct named location:

location @maintenance { 
    root /path/to/static/offline/files;
    try_files $uri /index.html =503;
}

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