HTTP 308 — Permanent Redirect

3xx Redirection

What it means

Like 301, but the method and body are preserved.

What to do about it

Use for permanent redirects of non-GET endpoints — an API that moved, for example.

Where it sits

308 belongs to the 3xx family: Further action is needed to complete the request — usually following a redirect.

HTTP/1.1 308 Permanent Redirect

Checking it yourself

# see the status code and headers only
curl -sI https://example.com/path

# follow redirects and print each hop
curl -sIL -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code} %{url_effective}\n" https://example.com/path

# JavaScript
const r = await fetch(url);
console.log(r.status, r.statusText);

How this code behaves

Returning 308 correctly

# nginx
return 308;

# Express
res.status(308).json({ error: 'Permanent Redirect' });

# Go
w.WriteHeader(308)

# Python (Flask)
return jsonify(error='Permanent Redirect'), 308;

Frequently asked questions

Other 3xx codes

• 301 Moved Permanently
• 302 Found
• 303 See Other
• 304 Not Modified
• 307 Temporary Redirect

All HTTP status codes