diff --git a/bouncer.go b/bouncer.go
index 65e5db4..b5ac73b 100644
--- a/bouncer.go
+++ b/bouncer.go
@@ -677,6 +677,12 @@ func handleStreamCache(bouncer *Bouncer) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func isReverseProxyError(statusCode int) bool {
+	return statusCode == http.StatusBadGateway ||
+		statusCode == http.StatusServiceUnavailable ||
+		statusCode == http.StatusGatewayTimeout
+}
+
 func crowdsecQuery(bouncer *Bouncer, stringURL string, data []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	var req *http.Request
 	if len(data) > 0 {
@@ -688,7 +694,7 @@ func crowdsecQuery(bouncer *Bouncer, stringURL string, data []byte) ([]byte, err
 	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", "Crowdsec-Bouncer-Traefik-Plugin/"+pluginVersion)
 
 	res, err := bouncer.httpClient.Do(req)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err != nil || isReverseProxyError(res.StatusCode) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("crowdsecQuery:unreachable url:%s %w", stringURL, err)
 	}
 	defer func() {
@@ -752,7 +758,7 @@ func appsecQuery(bouncer *Bouncer, ip string, httpReq *http.Request) error {
 	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", "Crowdsec-Bouncer-Traefik-Plugin/"+pluginVersion)
 
 	res, err := bouncer.httpAppsecClient.Do(req)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err != nil || isReverseProxyError(res.StatusCode) {
 		bouncer.log.Error("appsecQuery:unreachable")
 		if bouncer.appsecUnreachableBlock {
 			return fmt.Errorf("appsecQuery:unreachable %w", err)
diff --git a/tests/e2e/mock/mocklapi/main.go b/tests/e2e/mock/mocklapi/main.go
index a2804bd..cb0ba11 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/mock/mocklapi/main.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/mock/mocklapi/main.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"flag"
+	"io"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
@@ -72,9 +73,26 @@ func main() {
 	// exercised without standing up the real WAF.
 	go func() {
 		log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(*appsecAddr, http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-			if strings.Contains(r.Header.Get("X-Crowdsec-Appsec-Uri"), "rpc2") {
+			if strings.Contains(r.Header.Get("X-Crowdsec-Appsec-Uri"), "403") {
 				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusForbidden)
 			}
+			if strings.Contains(r.Header.Get("X-Crowdsec-Appsec-Uri"), "500") {
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			}
+			if strings.Contains(r.Header.Get("X-Crowdsec-Appsec-Uri"), "502") {
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadGateway)
+			}
+			// Read body
+			body, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
+			if err != nil {
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+				return
+			}
+			defer r.Body.Close()
+			if strings.Contains(string(body), "a=0") {
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusForbidden)
+				return
+			}
 		})))
 	}()
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/mock/scenarios/appsec/dynamic.yml b/tests/e2e/mock/scenarios/appsec/dynamic.yml
index 05fa8d9..0bb38de 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/mock/scenarios/appsec/dynamic.yml
+++ b/tests/e2e/mock/scenarios/appsec/dynamic.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ http:
           crowdsecLapiHost: "@@LAPI_HOST@@"
           crowdsecLapiKey: "@@APIKEY@@"
           crowdsecAppsecEnabled: "true"
+          crowdsecAppsecFailureBlock: "true"
+          crowdsecAppsecBodyLimit: 4
+          crowdsecAppsecUnreachableBlock: "false"
           crowdsecAppsecScheme: http
           crowdsecAppsecHost: "@@APPSEC_HOST@@"
           forwardedHeadersTrustedIps:
diff --git a/tests/e2e/mock/scenarios/appsec/run.sh b/tests/e2e/mock/scenarios/appsec/run.sh
index 1e1d2bd..7b92113 100755
--- a/tests/e2e/mock/scenarios/appsec/run.sh
+++ b/tests/e2e/mock/scenarios/appsec/run.sh
@@ -13,11 +13,23 @@ SCENARIO=appsec
 # plugin's AppSec path end to end (header forwarding + allow/block handling); it
 # does not test the real WAF's detection accuracy.
 body() {
-  echo "[$SCENARIO] benign request must pass (AppSec allows)"
+  echo "[$SCENARIO] benign request must pass (AppSec 200)"
   assert_status "http://127.0.0.1:${WEB_PORT}/foo" 200 -H "X-Forwarded-For: 1.2.3.4"
 
-  echo "[$SCENARIO] request whose URI contains 'rpc2' must be blocked (AppSec 403)"
-  assert_status "http://127.0.0.1:${WEB_PORT}/foo/rpc2" 403 -H "X-Forwarded-For: 1.2.3.4"
+  echo "[$SCENARIO] request that return 403 must be blocked (AppSec 403)"
+  assert_status "http://127.0.0.1:${WEB_PORT}/foo/403" 403 -H "X-Forwarded-For: 1.2.3.4"
+
+  echo "[$SCENARIO] request that return 500 must be blocked (because CrowdsecAppsecFailureBlock = true) (AppSec 500)"
+  assert_status "http://127.0.0.1:${WEB_PORT}/foo/500" 403 -H "X-Forwarded-For: 1.2.3.4"
+
+  echo "[$SCENARIO] request that return 502 must pass (because CrowdsecAppsecUnreachableBlock = false) (Proxy error 502)"
+  assert_status "http://127.0.0.1:${WEB_PORT}/foo/502" 200 -H "X-Forwarded-For: 1.2.3.4"
+
+  echo "[$SCENARIO] request that send bad body after crowdsecAppsecBodyLimit must pass (AppSec 200)"
+  assert_status "http://127.0.0.1:${WEB_PORT}/foo" 200 -H "X-Forwarded-For: 1.2.3.4" -X POST -d "______&a=0"
+
+  echo "[$SCENARIO] request that send bad body before crowdsecAppsecBodyLimit must pass (AppSec 403)"
+  assert_status "http://127.0.0.1:${WEB_PORT}/foo" 403 -H "X-Forwarded-For: 1.2.3.4" -X POST -d "a=0&______"
 }
 
 run_scenario "$SCENARIO" "$HERE" body