HTTP 208 — Already Reported
HTTP 208
Already Reported
Inside a WebDAV multi-status response, this member was already listed earlier so it is not repeated.
What 208 actually means
A space-saving code that only ever appears inside a 207 body. When a WebDAV collection is bound into a tree more than once, enumerating it naively would repeat the same members over and over; 208 marks the second and later appearances so the client knows to look further up the response for the real details. You will never see this as a top-level status.
Common causes
- A WebDAV PROPFIND with `Depth: infinity` over a collection with multiple bindings
- Bind-aware WebDAV servers avoiding duplicate enumeration
If you're just trying to view the page
- Nothing — this is internal bookkeeping in a sync protocol
- If a WebDAV client shows duplicate or missing folders, it is mishandling these references rather than reporting a real fault
If it's your site
- Only meaningful inside a 207 body; returning it as a top-level status is a bug
- Clients must have already recorded the earlier full entry, or the reference dangles
Reference
- Status code
- 208
- Reason phrase
- Already Reported
- Category
- 2xx — Success
- Defined in
- RFC 5842 §7.1
Common questions
- What does HTTP 208 mean?
- Inside a WebDAV multi-status response, this member was already listed earlier so it is not repeated. A space-saving code that only ever appears inside a 207 body. When a WebDAV collection is bound into a tree more than once, enumerating it naively would repeat the same members over and over; 208 marks the second and later appearances so the client knows to look further up the response for the real details.
- How do I fix a 208 error?
- Nothing — this is internal bookkeeping in a sync protocol
- Is 208 a client error or a server error?
- 208 is in the 2xx range, which means success. It is not an error at all.
Related pages
- 200 OK The request worked and the response contains what was asked for.
- 204 No Content The request succeeded and there is deliberately no body to send back.
- 201 Created The request succeeded and a new resource was created as a result.
- 206 Partial Content The server is returning only the requested byte range of a file, not the whole t
- 202 Accepted The request was accepted for processing, but the work has not finished yet.
- 207 Multi-Status A WebDAV response carrying separate status codes for several resources at once.
- 203 Non-Authoritative Information The request succeeded, but an intermediary modified the response on the way.
- 205 Reset Content The request succeeded and the client should clear the form that sent it.
- 226 IM Used The server is returning a delta against a copy the client already has, rather th