From d83cd65c804f95bb31bc8849749ef3e5c0a32763 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kastov <kastov@gog.sh>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 06:39:46 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix(express): pass original error to next in excluded routes

---
 lib/loaders/express.loader.ts         | 4 +---
 tests/e2e/express-adapter.e2e-spec.ts | 3 +--
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/loaders/express.loader.ts b/lib/loaders/express.loader.ts
index 99c51d99..72fad59c 100644
--- a/lib/loaders/express.loader.ts
+++ b/lib/loaders/express.loader.ts
@@ -72,9 +72,7 @@ export class ExpressLoader extends AbstractLoader {
 
       app.use((err: any, req: any, _res: any, next: Function) => {
         if (isRouteExcluded(req, options.exclude)) {
-          const method = httpAdapter.getRequestMethod(req);
-          const url = httpAdapter.getRequestUrl(req);
-          return next(new NotFoundException(`Cannot ${method} ${url}`));
+          return next(err);
         }
 
         if (err instanceof HttpException) {
diff --git a/tests/e2e/express-adapter.e2e-spec.ts b/tests/e2e/express-adapter.e2e-spec.ts
index 822713fc..8973a6ea 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/express-adapter.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/express-adapter.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -147,8 +147,7 @@ describe('Express adapter', () => {
         return request(server)
           .get('/api/404')
           .expect(404)
-          .expect(/Not Found/)
-          .expect(/Cannot GET \/api\/404/);
+          .expect({ statusCode: 404, message: 'Not Found' }); // Default NestJS NotFoundException response
       });
     });