IIS, by default, prohibits service of many file extensions, `.cs` is one. So the request is being killed by <strike>IIS</strike> ASP.net before it hits the REST handlers. This can be fixed fairly easily. %SYSTEM%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\CONFIG\Web.Config .... <httpHandlers> <add path="*.cs" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" validate="True"/> .... And of course this is just my supposition. I am not privy to the inner workings of the SO servers.