From be8c9b19baeb4daf6bf2e603673714c7536b657c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: IsJn-227 <ishjain2712@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 15:52:46 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed #36456 -- Improved content type negotiation in
 technical 500 error response.

---
 django/views/debug.py                |  5 +++--
 tests/view_tests/tests/test_debug.py | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/django/views/debug.py b/django/views/debug.py
index 948cdcbf2f..9d8d1987de 100644
--- a/django/views/debug.py
+++ b/django/views/debug.py
@@ -65,9 +65,10 @@ def technical_500_response(request, exc_type, exc_value, tb, status_code=500):
     the values returned from sys.exc_info() and friends.
     """
     reporter = get_exception_reporter_class(request)(request, exc_type, exc_value, tb)
-    if request.accepts("text/html"):
+    preferred_type = request.get_preferred_type(["text/html", "text/plain"])
+    if preferred_type == "text/html":
         html = reporter.get_traceback_html()
-        return HttpResponse(html, status=status_code)
+        return HttpResponse(html, status=status_code, content_type="text/html")
     else:
         text = reporter.get_traceback_text()
         return HttpResponse(
diff --git a/tests/view_tests/tests/test_debug.py b/tests/view_tests/tests/test_debug.py
index a5a1d85e83..f5cb82cd2d 100644
--- a/tests/view_tests/tests/test_debug.py
+++ b/tests/view_tests/tests/test_debug.py
@@ -261,6 +261,22 @@ class DebugViewTests(SimpleTestCase):
             status_code=500,
         )
 
+    def test_technical_500_content_type_negotiation(self):
+        for accepts, content_type in [
+            ("text/plain", "text/plain; charset=utf-8"),
+            ("text/html", "text/html"),
+            ("text/html,text/plain;q=0.9", "text/html"),
+            ("text/plain,text/html;q=0.9", "text/plain; charset=utf-8"),
+            ("text/*", "text/html"),
+        ]:
+            with self.subTest(accepts=accepts):
+                with self.assertLogs("django.request", "ERROR"):
+                    response = self.client.get(
+                        "/raises500/", headers={"accept": accepts}
+                    )
+                self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 500)
+                self.assertEqual(response["Content-Type"], content_type)
+
     def test_classbased_technical_500(self):
         with self.assertLogs("django.request", "ERROR"):
             response = self.client.get("/classbased500/")