OData returns 500 when a 400 is expected

[DHoefakker]

A couple of requests return a HTTP 500 when a 400 is expected due to incorrect format of the request. The requests are :

• $top=
• $skip=
• $select=
• $top=-0 (this returns a 200, i know it's doubtful)

Assemblies affected

OData WebApi lib 6.1.0

Reproduce steps

Just call your OData endpoint with the above (empty) operators

Expected result

I expect a HTTP 400

Actual result

I get a HTTP 500

Additional detail

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[rmadisonhaynie]

I experience this issue in Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData 7.0.0-beta4 as well

[rmadisonhaynie]

I also want to add a 500 gets returned for query params like

$select=Props

where Props doesn't actually exist on the entity, similarly for $expand

[NetTecture]

And again under #1646 - Syntax errors are swallowed in general, leaving zero relevant information to the user of an API. This is resulting on our end into a high number of simple bugs where we have to investigatge test cases just to get the internal error so we can provide end users with error information.

[hugoqribeiro]

Any way to work around this?