---
title: beresp.grace
summary: null
url: >-
  https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/vcl/variables/backend-response/beresp-grace
---

**Type:** RTIME  
**Access:** can be read and set, but not unset

> **DEPRECATED**

**Available in:** fetch

Use [`beresp.stale_if_error`](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/vcl/variables/backend-response/beresp-stale-if-error/) instead.