308Permanent Redirect

This URL has moved for good, and the request should be repeated at the new address exactly as sent.

When you see it

The method-preserving version of 301. Use it when a resource has permanently moved and requests to it may be something other than a GET, such as an API endpoint that receives POSTs.

For ordinary page moves on a website, 301 remains the conventional choice and is understood by every crawler and client ever written. 308 is the safer answer where request bodies are involved.

Often confused with

301 Moved Permanently

Both are permanent. 301 allows clients to change a POST into a GET and many do; 308 forbids it. For an API that receives POSTs, that difference decides whether requests survive the move.

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