Status: 508
508 Loop Detected
The HTTP 508 Loop Detected server error response status code indicates that the entire operation failed because it encountered an infinite loop while processing a request with Depth: infinity.
The status may be given in the context of the Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV). It was introduced as a fallback for cases where WebDAV clients do not support 208 Already Reported responses (when requests do not explicitly include a DAV header).
Status
508 Loop Detected
Examples
>Infinite loop in WebDAV search
PROPFIND /Coll/ HTTP/1.1 Host: example.com Depth: infinity Content-Type: application/xml; charset="utf-8" Content-Length: 125 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <D:propfind xmlns:D="DAV:"> <D:prop> <D:displayname/> </D:prop> </D:propfind>
HTTP/1.1 508 Loop Detected
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Server: Microsoft-IIS/8.0
Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 02:38:57 GMT
Content-Length: 72
{
"Message": "Please check the resources for cyclic references and try again."
}
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| RFC 5842> # section-7.2> |
See also
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Reference/Status/508
