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title: "208 Already Reported — what it means and how to fix it"
description: "Inside a WebDAV multi-status response, this member was already listed earlier so it is not repeated. What causes an HTTP 208, what to try as a visitor, and what to check if it is your own site."
url: https://atoneplace.net/error/208/
site: "At One Place"
---

# 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

1. Nothing — this is internal bookkeeping in a sync protocol
2. 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

1. Only meaningful inside a 207 body; returning it as a top-level status is a bug
2. 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](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/)
- [207 Multi-Status](https://atoneplace.net/error/207/)
- [203 Non-Authoritative Information](https://atoneplace.net/error/203/)
- [205 Reset Content](https://atoneplace.net/error/205/)
- [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)