202
Accepted
2xx · Success
The request has been accepted for processing, but is not complete.
What does HTTP 202 Accepted mean?
The request has been accepted for processing, but the processing has not finished and may not succeed. It is common in asynchronous or queued workflows.
2xx responses mean the request was successfully received, understood, and accepted. This is the range you want to see for healthy requests.
When you'll see HTTP 202
- A request is queued for asynchronous or background processing
- Long-running batch jobs that complete later
Example
POST /api/imports HTTP/1.1 → HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted Location: /api/imports/7/status
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