All HTTP status codes

HTTP 206 Partial Content

Success

The server is delivering only the byte range requested via the Range header. The backbone of video streaming, download resumption and large-file delivery.

Defined in RFC 9110

Common causes

  • Client sent a Range header (media players, download managers)

How to fix it

  1. Nothing to fix on success

  2. If ranges break, confirm Accept-Ranges support and that intermediaries don't strip Range headers

Related status codes

200 OK

The request succeeded. The response body contains the result — a page for GET, the operation outcome for POST.

416 Range Not Satisfiable

The Range header asks for bytes outside the resource's actual size — e.g. resuming a download past the end of the file.

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