HTTP 407 — Proxy Authentication Required

The client must first authenticate itself with the proxy

When to use it

Use status 407 when this is the correct HTTP response semantic: The client must first authenticate itself with the proxy

Request and response example

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

HTTP/1.1 407 Proxy Authentication Required
Content-Type: application/json

{"error":"Request cannot be completed"}

Related status codes

400, 401, 402, 403

References

MDN · RFC 9110