408.md

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4	408	Request Timeout	Rails HTTP Status Symbol Go HTTP Status Constant Symfony HTTP Status Constant Python2 HTTP Status Constant Python3+ HTTP Status Constant Python3.5+ HTTP Status Constant :request_timeout http.StatusRequestTimeout Response::HTTP_REQUEST_TIMEOUT httplib.REQUEST_TIMEOUT http.client.REQUEST_TIMEOUT http.HTTPStatus.REQUEST_TIMEOUT

The server did not receive a complete request message within the time that it was prepared to wait.

A server SHOULD send the "close" connection option¹ in the response, since 408 implies that the server has decided to close the connection rather than continue waiting. If the client has an outstanding request in transit, the client MAY repeat that request on a new connection.

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• ¹ Connection RFC7230 Section 6.1
• Source: RFC7231 Section 6.5.7