Validation Error should return 422 - Unprocessable Entity #6967
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Replaced PreconditionFailedException with UnprocessableEntityException in RepositoryValidatingInterceptor. This aligns exception usage with the appropriate HTTP status code for validation errors, eg 422 - Unprocessable Entity.
From the documentation:
3.1.0.4.2 Rejecting Updates
Servers are permitted to reject update interactions because of integrity concerns or other business rules, and return HTTP status codes accordingly (usually a 422). Note that there are potential security issues relating to how rejections are handled. See the security page for more information.
Common HTTP Status codes returned on FHIR-related errors (in addition to normal HTTP errors related to security, header and content type negotiation issues):