$q.reject does not rethrow the exception within $http.get().then().catch() - angularjs

Question

I'm dealing with code like this:
return promise.then(function(url) {
return $http.get(url, data);
}).then(function (response) {
return response.data;
}).catch(function (response) {
return $q.reject(response);
});
All I want to do is to reject the promise in the "catch" block so the exception is logged by my custom implementation of $exceptionHandler.
According to my understanding of the documentation, the line below is supposed to rethrow the exception but it is not doing it. Thus, $exceptionHandler never handlers the exception:
return $q.reject(reason); // why isn't it rethrowing?
Chances are I'm misunderstanding the documentation.

Answer 1

The error is re throwing - as controller can catch error and displays it.
angular.module('app', [])
.controller('app', function($scope, service) {
$scope.error = {}
service
.load('foo')
.catch(function(error) {
angular.extend($scope.error, {
reason: error
});
});
})
.service('service', function($http, $q) {
var promise = function promise() {
var d = $q.defer();
d.reject('some reason')
return d.promise;
}();
this.load = function(url) {
return promise
.then(function() {
return $http.get(url);
})
.then(function(response) {
return response.data;
})
.catch(function(reason) {
return $q.reject(reason);
});
}
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.23/angular.min.js"></script>
<div ng-app='app'>
<div ng-controller='app'>error: {{ error.reason }}</div>
</div>