307 Temporary Redirect

What it means

A temporary redirect where a POST must stay a POST. Use this instead of 302 whenever the method matters - it is the unambiguous version.

Class

3xx Redirection

Defined in

RFC 9110 §15.4.8

Cached by default

No

When you receive a 307

• Repeat the same request - same method, same body - at the Location URL.
• Chrome's DevTools shows "307 Internal Redirect" when HSTS upgrades a request to HTTPS. The browser generated that one; your server did not send it.

When you send a 307

• Use it for a temporary move where the method must not change: a POST stays a POST.
• Prefer it to 302 in new code - it removes the ambiguity 302 carries.
• Search engines keep indexing the original URL, as they do for 302.

On the wire

HTTP/1.1 307 Temporary Redirect
Location: https://eu.api.example.com/v1/uploads

Often confused with

• 302 FoundThe resource is temporarily at a different URL.
• 308 Permanent RedirectPermanently elsewhere, and the method must not change.