HTTP Status Codes

1xx Informational Response

An informational response indicates that the request was received and understood and is being processed. It alerts the client to wait for a final response.

Code Name Description
100 Continue The server has received the request headers and the client should proceed to send the request body.
101 Switching Protocols The requester has asked the server to switch protocols and the server has agreed to do so.
102 Processing A WebDAV request may contain many sub-requests involving file operations, requiring a long time to complete the request. This code indicates that the server has received and is processing the request, but no response is available yet.
103 Early Hints Used to return some response headers before final HTTP message.

2xx Success

A success status indicates that the action requested by the client was received, understood, and accepted.

Code Name Description
200 OK Standard response for successful HTTP requests.
201 Created The request has been fulfilled, resulting in the creation of a new resource.
202 Accepted The request has been accepted for processing, but the processing has not been completed.
203 Non-Authoritative Information The server is a transforming proxy (e.g. a Web accelerator) that received a 200 OK from its origin, but is returning a modified version of the origin's response.
204 No Content The server successfully processed the request, and is not returning any content.
205 Reset Content The server successfully processed the request, asks that the requester reset its document view, and is not returning any content.
206 Partial Content The server is delivering only part of the resource (byte serving) due to a range header sent by the client.
207 Multi-Status The message body that follows is by default an XML message and can contain a number of separate response codes, depending on how many sub-requests were made.
208 Already Reported The members of a DAV binding have already been enumerated in a preceding part of the (multistatus) response, and are not being included again.
226 IM Used The server has fulfilled a request for the resource, and the response is a representation of the result of one or more instance-manipulations applied to the current instance.

3xx Redirection

A 3xx status indicates that the client must take additional action, generally URL redirection, to complete the request. A user agent may carry out the additional action with no user interaction if the method used in the additional request is GET or HEAD. A user agent should prevent cyclical redirects.

Code Name Description
300 Multiple Choices Indicates multiple options for the resource from which the client may choose (via agent-driven content negotiation). For example, this code could be used to present multiple video format options, to list files with different filename extensions, or to suggest word-sense disambiguation.
301 Moved Permanently The link target was moved such that the request and future similar requests should be redirected to the given URI.
302 Found Indicates that the resource is accessible via an alternate URL indicated in the Location header field.
303 See Other If a server responds to a POST or other non-idempotent request with this code and a location header field, the client is expected to issue a GET request to the specified location.
304 Not Modified Indicates that the resource has not been modified since the version specified by the request headers If-Modified-Since or If-None-Match. In such case, there is no need to retransmit the resource.
305 Use Proxy The requested resource is available only through a proxy, the address for which is provided in the response. For security reasons, many HTTP clients (such as Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer) do not obey this status code.
306 Switch Proxy No longer used. Originally meant "Subsequent requests should use the specified proxy".
307 Temporary Redirect In this case, the request should be repeated with another URI; however, future requests should still use the original URI.
308 Permanent Redirect This and all future requests should be directed to the given URI.

4xx Client Error

A 4xx status code is for situations in which an error seems to have been caused by the client.

Code Name Description
400 Bad Request The server cannot or will not process the request due to an apparent client error (e.g., malformed request syntax, size too large, invalid request message framing, or deceptive request routing).
401 Unauthorized Similar to 403 Forbidden, but specifically for use when authentication is required and has failed or has not yet been provided.
402 Payment Required Reserved for future use.
403 Forbidden The request was valid, but the server refuses action. This may be due to the user not having permission to a resource or needing an account of some sort, or attempting a prohibited action.
404 Not Found The requested resource could not be found but may be available in the future. Subsequent requests by the client are permissible.
405 Method Not Allowed A request method is not supported for the requested resource (for example, a GET request on a form that requires data to be presented via POST, or a PUT request on a read-only resource).
406 Not Acceptable The requested resource is capable of generating only content not acceptable according to the Accept headers sent in the request. See Content negotiation.
407 Proxy Authentication Required The client must first authenticate itself with the proxy.
408 Request Timeout The server timed out waiting for the request. According to HTTP specifications: "The client did not produce a request within the time that the server was prepared to wait. The client MAY repeat the request without modiifcations at any later time".
409 Conflict Indicates that the request could not be processed because of conflict in the current state of the resource, such as an edit conflict between multiple simultaneous updates.
410 Gone Indicates that the resource requested was previously in use but is no longer available and will not be available again.
411 Length Required The request did not specify the length of its content, which is required by the requested resource.
412 Precondition Failed The server does not meet one of the preconditions that the requester put on the request header fields.
413 Content Too Large The request is larger than the server is willing or able to process. Previously called "Request Entity Too Large" and "Payload Too Large".
414 URI Too Long The URI provided was too long for the server to process. Often the result of too much data being encoded as a query-string of a GET request, in which case it should be converted to a POST request. Called "Request-URI Too Long".
415 Unsupported Media Type The request entity has a media type which the server or resource does not support.
416 Range Not Satisfiable The client has asked for a portion of the file (byte serving), but the server cannot supply that portion.
417 Expectation Failed The server cannot meet the requirements of the Expect request-header field.
418 I'm a teapot This code was defined in 1998 as one of the traditional IETF April Fools' jokes, in , Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol, and is not expected to be implemented by actual HTTP servers.
421 Misdirected Request The request was directed at a server that is not able to produce a response (for example because of connection reuse).
422 Unprocessable Content The request was well-formed (i.e., syntactically correct) but could not be processed.
423 Locked The resource that is being accessed is locked.
424 Failed Dependency The request failed because it depended on another request and that request failed (e.g., a PROPPATCH).
425 Too Early Indicates that the server is unwilling to risk processing a request that might be replayed.
426 Upgrade Required The client should switch to a different protocol such as TLS/1.3, given in the Upgrade header field.
428 Precondition Required The origin server requires the request to be conditional. Intended to prevent the 'lost update' problem, where a client GETs a resource's state, modifies it, and PUTs it back to the server, when meanwhile a third party has modified the state on the server, leading to a conflict.
429 Too Many Requests The user has sent too many requests in a given amount of time. Intended for use with rate-limiting schemes.
431 Request Header Fields Too Large The server is unwilling to process the request because either an individual header field, or all the header fields collectively, are too large.
451 Unavailable For Legal Reasons A server operator has received a legal demand to deny access to a resource or to a set of resources that includes the requested resource. The code 451 was chosen as a reference to the novel Fahrenheit 451.

5xx Server Error

5xx status indicates that the server is aware that it has encountered an error or is otherwise incapable of performing the request. Except when responding to a HEAD request, the server should include an entity containing an explanation of the error situation, and indicate whether it is a temporary or permanent condition. Likewise, user agents should display any included entity to the user. These response codes are applicable to any request method.

Code Name Description
500 Internal Server Error A generic error message, given when an unexpected condition was encountered and no more specific message is suitable.
501 Not Implemented The server either does not recognize the request method, or it lacks the ability to fulfil the request. Usually this implies future availability (e.g., a new feature of a web-service API).
502 Bad Gateway The server was acting as a gateway or proxy and received an invalid response from the upstream server.
503 Service Unavailable The server cannot handle the request (because it is overloaded or down for maintenance). Generally, this is a temporary state.
504 Gateway Timeout The server was acting as a gateway or proxy and did not receive a timely response from the upstream server.
505 HTTP Version Not Supported The server does not support the HTTP version used in the request.
506 Variant Also Negotiates Transparent content negotiation for the request results in a circular reference.
507 Insufficient Storage The server is unable to store the representation needed to complete the request.
508 Loop Detected The server detected an infinite loop while processing the request (sent instead of 208 Already Reported).
510 Not Extended Further extensions to the request are required for the server to fulfil it.
511 Network Authentication Required The client needs to authenticate to gain network access. Intended for use by intercepting proxies used to control access to the network.