1xx Informational

HTTP 102 Processing

The server has accepted the request and is processing it, but no response is available yet.

When is 102 used?

  • Long-running WebDAV operations
  • Background processing before sending final response

How to handle a 102 response

Clients rarely see these directly; HTTP libraries handle them before the final response arrives, and servers usually send them automatically.

Check the status code a URL returns from the command line:

curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}\n" https://example.com

Frequently Asked Questions

What does HTTP 102 mean?

102 Processing: The server has accepted the request and is processing it, but no response is available yet.

Is 102 an error?

No. 102 is in the 1xx Informational class. Informational responses: the request was received and processing continues.