HTTP 426 — Upgrade Required

The client should switch to a different protocol

When to use it

Use status 426 when this is the correct HTTP response semantic: The client should switch to a different protocol

Request and response example

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

HTTP/1.1 426 Upgrade Required
Content-Type: application/json

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

Related status codes

400, 401, 402, 403

References

MDN · RFC 9110