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HTTP 303 See Other — What It Means

What HTTP status code 303 See Other means, when servers return it, and how to handle it correctly.

Published September 23, 2026

HTTP 303 See Other — The response to the request can be found at a different URL, and should be retrieved with GET.

Key points

  • Used to implement the Post/Redirect/Get pattern, avoiding a duplicate form submission on page refresh
  • Always tells the client to fetch the redirect target with GET, regardless of the original request method
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