304 Not Modified

The HTTP 304 Not Modified client redirection response code indicates that there is no need to retransmit the requested resources. It is an implicit redirection to a cached resource. This happens when the request method is a safe method, such as GET or HEAD, or when the request is conditional and uses an If-None-Match or an If-Modified-Since header.

The response must not contain a body and must include the headers that would have been sent in an equivalent 200 OK response: Cache-Control, Content-Location, Date, ETag, Expires, and Vary.

Note: Many developer tools' network panels of browsers create extraneous requests leading to 304 responses, so that access to the local cache is visible to developers.

Status

http

304 Not Modified

Specifications

Specification
HTTP Semantics
# status.304

Browser compatibility

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Compatibility notes

  • Browser behavior differs if this response erroneously includes a body on persistent connections. See 204 No Content for more detail.

See also