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title: 308 Permanent Redirect
slug: Web/HTTP/Status/308
browser-compat: http.status.308

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The HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) 308 Permanent Redirect redirect status response code indicates that the resource requested has been definitively moved to the URL given by the {{HTTPHeader("Location")}} headers. A browser redirects to this page and search engines update their links to the resource (in 'SEO-speak', it is said that the 'link-juice' is sent to the new URL).

The request method and the body will not be altered, whereas {{HTTPStatus("301")}} may incorrectly sometimes be changed to a {{HTTPMethod("GET")}} method.

Note: Some Web applications may use the 308 Permanent Redirect in a non-standard way and for other purposes. For example, Google Drive uses a 308 Resume Incomplete response to indicate to the client when an incomplete upload stalled. (See Perform a resumable download on Google Drive documentation.)

Status

308 Permanent Redirect

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• {{HTTPStatus("301", "301 Moved Permanently")}}, the equivalent of this status code, but that may change the method used when it is not a {{HTTPMethod("GET")}}.

• {{HTTPStatus("302", "302 Found")}}, a temporary redirect