HTTP 205 — Reset Content

The server successfully processed the request, but is not returning any content. Unlike a 204 response, this response requires that the requester reset the document view

When to use it

Use status 205 when this is the correct HTTP response semantic: The server successfully processed the request, but is not returning any content. Unlike a 204 response, this response requires that the requester reset the document view

Request and response example

GET /resource HTTP/1.1
Host: api.example.com

HTTP/1.1 205 Reset Content
Content-Type: application/json

Related status codes

200, 201, 202, 203

References

MDN · RFC 9110