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HTTP 408 – Request Timeout

The server timed out waiting for the request from the client.

Common use case

Returned by servers that close idle connections, e.g. a slow or dropped mobile connection that never finished sending a request.

Example

HTTP/1.1 408 Request Timeout
Connection: close

History

Part of HTTP/1.1 (RFC 2068, 1997).

Did you know?

Some browsers will silently retry a request that gets a 408, since it usually indicates a transient network hiccup rather than a real error.

Other 4xx codes

400Bad Request401Unauthorized402Payment Required403Forbidden404Not Found405Method Not Allowed406Not Acceptable407Proxy Authentication Required409Conflict410Gone411Length Required412Precondition Failed413Content Too Large414URI Too Long415Unsupported Media Type416Range Not Satisfiable417Expectation Failed418I'm a teapot422Unprocessable Content425Too Early426Upgrade Required428Precondition Required429Too Many Requests430Shopify Security Rejection431Request Header Fields Too Large444No Response451Unavailable For Legal Reasons460Client Closed Connection463Malformed X-Forwarded-For Header464Incompatible Protocol Versions494Request Header Too Large495SSL Certificate Error496SSL Certificate Required497HTTP Request Sent To HTTPS Port499Client Closed Request