Re:TrasHTTPandas – Trash Panda HTTP Responses
by isoprophlex on Saturday November 18, 2023 @01:39AM
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TIL there is an unofficial HTTP status code 420, "Enhance your calm"... lol
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Re:TrasHTTPandas – Trash Panda HTTP Responses
by dspillett on Saturday November 18, 2023 @03:31AM
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Introduced by twitter IIRC. When used it generally means you've hit some sort of rate limit. 429 "Too Many Requests" is usually more appropriate.
The code had a previous (now deprecated and possibly no more official when it was in use) hence the gap in the list of official codes.