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203 Non-Authoritative Information ​

Meaning ​

The request was successful but the enclosed payload has been modified from that of the origin server's 200 OK response by a transforming proxy.

When to Use ​

When a proxy or intermediary modifies the origin's response (e.g., removing or changing headers or content) before relaying it to the client.

Example ​

A caching proxy returns 203 Non-Authoritative Information to indicate it is returning a cached copy that has been modified from the original.

When Not to Use ​

Do not use if the response is identical to the origin's content (in that case use 200) or if no transformation was applied.

Source ​

RFC 9110


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