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HTTP 302 Found — What It Means

What HTTP status code 302 Found means, when servers return it, and how to handle it correctly.

Published September 23, 2026

HTTP 302 Found — The requested resource temporarily resides at a different URL.

Key points

  • Originally meant as a temporary redirect, but many clients treat it like 303 and switch the method to GET
  • Use 307 instead if you need a temporary redirect that reliably preserves the original request method
  • Still the most commonly used redirect status in practice, despite the long-standing ambiguity
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