- From: Drazen Kacar <Drazen.Kacar@public.srce.hr>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 00:52:50 +0100 (MET)
- To: mduerst@ifi.unizh.ch (Martin J. Duerst)
- Cc: carrasco@innet.lu, www-international@www10.w3.org
Martin J. Duerst wrote:
> Does HTTP have something like a delay? Can a server/proxy send back
> "not available, but possibily available in 2 weeks"?
HTTP/1.1 has
10.5.4 503 Service Unavailable
The server is currently unable to handle the request due to a temporary
overloading or maintenance of the server. The implication is that this
is a temporary condition which will be alleviated after some delay. If
known, the length of the delay may be indicated in a Retry-After header.
If no Retry-After is given, the client SHOULD handle the response as it
would for a 500 response.
Note: The existence of the 503 status code does not imply that a
server must use it when becoming overloaded. Some servers may wish
to simply refuse the connection.
I think it's not intended for 2 weeks delay, but nothing prohibits such
usage.
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Received on Thursday, 16 January 1997 18:54:01 UTC