HTTP status code

Web request result

An HTTP status code is a three-digit number a web server returns in response to a request, indicating whether the request succeeded or failed and why.

Codes are grouped by first digit: 2xx means success 200 OK, 3xx means redirection, 4xx means client error 404 Not Found, and 5xx means server error.

Users encounter these most often when something goes wrong: The page returned a 500 error.

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