Is 418 “I'm a teapot” really an HTTP response code?

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Is 418 \"I\'m a teapot\" really an HTTP response code?

There are various references to this on the internet, including in lists of response codes, but I ca

Answer 1

I think it is safer to treat 418 as a reserved code that once had a half - official meaning but now officially "unassigned".

I assume, historically something has been differently thought about these codes than it is now. This sounds meaningless and funny today; probably was not?

In other words, I would avoid using this code.