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title: "207 Multi-Status — what it means and how to fix it"
description: "A WebDAV response carrying separate status codes for several resources at once. What causes an HTTP 207, what to try as a visitor, and what to check if it is your own site."
url: https://atoneplace.net/error/207/
site: "At One Place"
---

# HTTP 207 — Multi-Status

**HTTP 207: Multi-Status**

A WebDAV response carrying separate status codes for several resources at once.

## What 207 actually means

A single request touched many resources and they did not all end the same way, so the body is an XML document listing a status per resource. Copying a folder where two files succeed and one is locked produces exactly this. The 207 on the outside means "the request was processed"; you have to read the body to find out what actually happened to each item.

## Common causes

- A WebDAV PROPFIND listing a collection
- A COPY, MOVE or DELETE across a collection with mixed results
- A CalDAV or CardDAV client syncing multiple items

## If you're just trying to view the page

1. Nothing directly — the client should be reading the per-item results and showing you which ones failed
2. If a WebDAV sync silently misses files, the client is probably ignoring the failures inside a 207

## If it's your site

1. Always parse the body — treating 207 as a plain success hides the individual failures inside it
2. The outer 207 is never an error code; do not map it to a failure state wholesale

## Reference

- **Status code:** 207
- **Reason phrase:** Multi-Status
- **Category:** 2xx — Success
- **Defined in:** RFC 4918 §11.1

## Common questions

### What does HTTP 207 mean?

A WebDAV response carrying separate status codes for several resources at once. A single request touched many resources and they did not all end the same way, so the body is an XML document listing a status per resource. Copying a folder where two files succeed and one is locked produces exactly this.

### How do I fix a 207 error?

Nothing directly — the client should be reading the per-item results and showing you which ones failed

### Is 207 a client error or a server error?

207 is in the 2xx range, which means success. It is not an error at all.

## Related pages

- [200 OK](https://atoneplace.net/error/200/)
- [204 No Content](https://atoneplace.net/error/204/)
- [201 Created](https://atoneplace.net/error/201/)
- [206 Partial Content](https://atoneplace.net/error/206/)
- [202 Accepted](https://atoneplace.net/error/202/)
- [203 Non-Authoritative Information](https://atoneplace.net/error/203/)
- [205 Reset Content](https://atoneplace.net/error/205/)
- [208 Already Reported](https://atoneplace.net/error/208/)
- [226 IM Used](https://atoneplace.net/error/226/)

## Sources

- Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Status Code Registry — IANA (https://www.iana.org/assignments/http-status-codes/)
- RFC 9110: HTTP Semantics — IETF (https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110.html)