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The HTTP 208 Already Reported successful response status code is used in a {{HTTPStatus("207", "207 Multi-Status")}} response to save space and avoid conflicts. This response is used exclusively in the context of Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning ({{Glossary("WebDAV")}}).

If the same resource is requested several times (for example, as part of a collection) with different paths, only the first one is reported with {{HTTPStatus("200")}}. Responses for all other bindings will report with this 208 status code, so no conflicts are created and the response stays shorter.

[!NOTE] The ability to bind a resource to several paths is an extension to the {{Glossary("WebDAV")}} protocol (it may be received by web applications accessing a WebDAV server). Browsers accessing web pages will never encounter this status code.

Status

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208 Already Reported

Examples

Receiving a 208 in a 207 Multi-Status response

The following is a sample 207 Multi-Status response from a WebDAV server, which includes a 208 response. Notice the 208 in the last <D:status> element, which indicates that the resource named Loop Demo has been reported earlier in the 207 response.

http
HTTP/1.1 207 Multi-Status
Content-Type: application/xml; charset="utf-8"
Content-Length: 1241

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<D:multistatus xmlns:D="DAV:">
  <D:response>
    <D:href>http://www.example.com/Coll/</D:href>
    <D:propstat>
      <D:prop>
        <D:displayname>Loop Demo</D:displayname>
        <D:resource-id>
          <D:href>urn:uuid:f81d4fae-7dec-11d0-a765-00a0c91e6bf8</D:href>
        </D:resource-id>
      </D:prop>
      <D:status>HTTP/1.1 200 OK</D:status>
    </D:propstat>
  </D:response>
  <D:response>
    <D:href>http://www.example.com/Coll/Foo</D:href>
    <D:propstat>
      <D:prop>
        <D:displayname>Bird Inventory</D:displayname>
        <D:resource-id>
          <D:href>urn:uuid:f81d4fae-7dec-11d0-a765-00a0c91e6bf9</D:href>
        </D:resource-id>
      </D:prop>
      <D:status>HTTP/1.1 200 OK</D:status>
    </D:propstat>
  </D:response>
  <D:response>
    <D:href>http://www.example.com/Coll/Bar</D:href>
    <D:propstat>
      <D:prop>
        <D:displayname>Loop Demo</D:displayname>
        <D:resource-id>
          <D:href>urn:uuid:f81d4fae-7dec-11d0-a765-00a0c91e6bf8</D:href>
        </D:resource-id>
      </D:prop>
      <D:status>HTTP/1.1 208 Already Reported</D:status>
    </D:propstat>
  </D:response>
</D:multistatus>

Specifications

{{Specifications}}

See also