Re: Pre-Denied: Status Code (#3410)

I'll be more specific.

Does anyone see a reason not to use 419?

I'd argue that if we allow a single framework to squat on a code successfully, we're going to be running out of codes very very soon.

Cheers,


> On 4 Apr 2026, at 8:14 am, Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> wrote:
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> <https://github.com/httpwg/http-extensions/issues/3410>
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> A specific status code needs to be selected.
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> The initial draft suggests one in the 4xx range. That seems to be appropriate given the semantics desired (whether broad or narrow; see #3409).
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> If that holds, we should select a code that is unregistered and relatively unused.
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> The next unassigned 4xx status code is 419. No use is documented in MDN or wikipedia, but I see a few resources that mention a single PHP framework is squatting on it to indicate that a session token is expired.
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> What do people think? 
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> Cheers,
> 
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> Mark Nottingham   https://www.mnot.net/
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