MEV relays have a standardized data API. One of the features offered is a way to check whether a proposer is registered with a relay. In the method standardized by Flashbots a relay will not record when a registration was last received if the registration is otherwise identical to the last. To some builders this information is valuable. Ultra Sound offers this information through a non-standard API.
If a proposer is not registered, a 404 status will be returned and the value of the data field will be null.
Most bad requests will similarly have a JSON body with an error field. In rare error cases you may see no body, or a string body explaining the problem.