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RFC 7238: The Hypertext Transfer Protocol Status Code 308 (Permanent Redirect)

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 7538.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 7616 — HTTP Digest Access Authentication; RFC 7617 — The 'Basic' HTTP Authentication Scheme; RFC 9110 — HTTP Semantics; RFC 9111 — HTTP Caching; RFC 9112 — HTTP/1.1

In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC

This document specifies the additional Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) status code 308 (Permanent Redirect).

Document record

Document ID
RFC7238
Published
June 2014
Authors
J. Reschke
Status
EXPERIMENTAL
Stream
IETF
Area
—
Pages
6
Also known as
—
Obsoleted by:
RFC 7538

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 21 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 2068 (1997)
  2. RFC 2069 (1997)
  3. RFC 2145 (1997)
  4. RFC 2616 (1999)
  5. RFC 2617 (1999)
  6. RFC 2818 (2000)
  7. RFC 7230 (2014)
  8. RFC 7231 (2014)
  9. RFC 7232 (2014)
  10. RFC 7233 (2014)
  11. RFC 7234 (2014)
  12. RFC 7235 (2014)
  13. RFC 7238 (2014)
  14. RFC 7538 (2015)
  15. RFC 7615 (2015)
  16. RFC 7616 (2015)
  17. RFC 7617 (2015)
  18. RFC 7694 (2015)
  19. RFC 9110 (2022)
  20. RFC 9111 (2022)
  21. RFC 9112 (2022) ✓

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