205 Reset Content

The HTTP 205 Reset Content successful response status code indicates that the request has been successfully processed and the client should reset the document view.

This response is intended to support use cases where the user receives content that supports data entry, submits user-edited data in a request, and the content needs to be reset for the next entry. The instruction to "reset content" can mean clearing the contents of a form, resetting a canvas state, or refreshing a UI; the implementation depends on the client.

Note that the response must not include any content or the Content-Length header (browsers may reject responses that include content). The empty response may also be indicated using the Transfer-Encoding: chunked header with an empty chunk.

The client in this example sends a POST request to submit a form with the comment Hello!:

POST /submit HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: 15

comment=Hello!

After successfully processing the form submission, the server responds with the following 205 response, indicating that the client should reset the form.

HTTP/1.1 205 Reset Content
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 0
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 12:00:00 GMT

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