HTTP status
HTTP 418 I'm a teapot
- 418 I'm a teapot
- Client error
- RFC 2324
HTTP 418 I'm a teapot is a client error response: an April Fools’ joke from 1998 that browsers and libraries still carry. It is defined in RFC 2324, and the request was malformed or cannot be fulfilled as sent.
What it means
Status code418
Reason phraseI'm a teapotadvisory only; clients must not depend on the wording
Class4xx Client error
MeaningAn April Fools’ joke from 1998 that browsers and libraries still carry
Defined inRFC 2324
Cacheable by defaultNoonly cacheable if the response says so explicitly
How clients behave
Indicates an errorYes
Whose faultThe request
Body expectedUsually
Safe to retry automaticallyNo
The 4xx class
Class meaningThe request was malformed or cannot be fulfilled as sent
Codes in this class29
Lowest in class400
Highest in class451
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