When a portlet serveResource() call throws an exception, the portal ignores the exception and the portal page acts as if nothing happened.

A possible workaround is for the portlet to catch the exception and call the following to set the HTTP response code for the Browser:

this.resp.setProperty(ResourceResponse.HTTP_STATUS_CODE, Integer.toString(status));

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