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431 Request Header Fields Too Large

Examples

Header field too large

In the following example, the Cookie header is too large in the request:

http

GET /doc HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
Cookie: cookie1=value1; cookie2=value2; cookie3=[…]

The server responds with a message indicating which header was problematic:

http

HTTP/1.1 431 Request Header Fields Too Large
Content-Type: text/html
<!doctype html>
  <head>
    <title>Request Header Fields Too Large</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>Request Header Fields Too Large</h1>
    <p>The "Cookie" header was too large.</p>
  </body>
</html>

Specifications

Specification
RFC 6585
# section-5

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