[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #64256: Add HTTP 500 status code for WordPress critical error messages

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#64256: Add HTTP 500 status code for WordPress critical error messages
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 Reporter:  swissky                              |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  7.0
Component:  Bootstrap/Load                       |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch changes-requested has-     |     Focuses:
  test-info has-screenshots                      |
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Comment (by jsmansart):

 == Reproduction Report
 === Description
 This report does not validates whether the issue can be reproduced.

 === Environment
 - WordPress: 7.0-alpha-20260203.151637
 - PHP: 8.2.30
 - Server: Apache/2.4.66 (Unix) PHP/8.2.30
 - Database: mysqli (Server: 10.6.24-MariaDB / Client: mysqlnd 8.2.30)
 - Browser: Firefox 148.0
 - OS: macOS
 - Theme: Twenty Twenty-Five 1.4
 - MU Plugins: None activated
 - Plugins:
   * Test Reports 1.2.1

 === Actual Results
 1.  ❌ Error condition doesn't occurs (not reproduced).

 === Setps taken
 1. Add the following code via Code Snippets or functions.php to "trigger"
 a fatal error

 {{{
 add_action( 'init', function () {
     non_existing_function();
 } );
 }}}
 2. View frontend and check document headers with inspector
 3. ❌ Status code is already 500


 === Expected Results
 1.  ✅ We should get a status code 200.

 === Actual Results
 1.  ❌ We get a status code 500.

 === Screeshots

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/64256#comment:8>
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