308 Permanent Redirect | HTTP Status Code

Explanation

The 308 (Permanent Redirect) status code indicates that the target resource has been assigned a new permanent URI and any future references to this resource ought to use one of the enclosed URIs. This status code is similar to 301 (Moved Permanently), except that it does not allow changing the request method from POST to GET.

Clients with link editing capabilities SHOULD automatically re-link references to the original URI to one or more of the new references sent by the server, where possible.

The server SHOULD generate a Location header field in the response containing a URI reference for the new permanent URI. The user agent MAY use the Location field value for automatic redirection. The server's response payload usually contains a short hypertext note with a hyperlink to the new URI(s).

Example Response

HTTP/1.1 308 Permanent Redirect
Location: https://www.example.com/new-form-processing
Content-Type: text/html

<html>
<head>
<title>Permanent Redirect</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Permanent Redirect</h1>
<p>The form submission endpoint has moved permanently to <a href='https://www.example.com/new-form-processing'>here</a>.</p>
</body>
</html>

Related Status Codes

301 301 Moved Permanently 307 307 Temporary Redirect