Like all the other Akka modules, Akka HTTP has great exception handling mechanisms. By default, if anything in your route throws an exception, the server returns a 500 response, which means there is an internal server error. This is a useful default behavior; however, you might need to do something more specific and respond in a different way depending on the exception thrown.
In this recipe, we will revisit how to add an exception handler to your routes. This allows you to customize the behavior of your route when exceptions are thrown.
