RFC 7538 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2015
SAT · 13 JUN 2026
The Hypertext Transfer Protocol Status Code 308
Overview
RFC 7538, “The Hypertext Transfer Protocol Status Code 308”, is a Proposed Standard document published in April 2015 by J. Reschke. It obsoletes RFC 7238. It has been obsoleted by RFC 9110 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document specifies the additional Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) status code 308 (Permanent Redirect).
What “Proposed Standard” means
An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.
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Relationships to other RFCs
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- RFC 7537 IANA Registries for LSP Ping Code Points
- RFC 7539 ChaCha20 and Poly1305 for IETF Protocols
- RFC 7536 Large-Scale Broadband Measurement Use Cases
- RFC 7540 Hypertext Transfer Protocol Version 2
- RFC 7535 AS112 Redirection Using DNAME
- RFC 7541 HPACK: Header Compression for HTTP/2
- RFC 7534 AS112 Nameserver Operations
- RFC 7542 The Network Access Identifier