205 Reset Content

The request succeeded and the client should reset the form or view that sent it.

Code: 205
Reason phrase: Reset Content
Class: 2xx Success
Defined in: RFC 9110 section 15.3.6
Cacheable by default: No

What it means

Success: the request was received, understood and accepted.

Common causes. Rarely used; meant for data entry forms.

What to do. Clear the form.

How clients and crawlers treat it

Caching. Not cacheable by default (RFC 9110 section 15.1 does not list it). A cache stores it only when the response says so with Cache-Control or Expires.

Example response

HTTP/1.1 205 Reset Content
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8

Reset Content

How to send 205

nginx

location /example {
    return 205 'Reset Content';
}

PHP

http_response_code(205);
echo 'Reset Content';
exit;

Node.js

res.writeHead(205, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
res.end('Reset Content');

Python (Flask)

# in a view function
return 'Reset Content', 205

Change the paths to suit. In nginx, add_header needs always to apply to error responses.

Related codes

All status codes · All 2xx codes

Names and numbers from the IANA HTTP Status Code Registry. Google Search behaviour as documented by Google Search Central.