I'm a teapot

Client Error

April Fools' joke from 1998; any attempt to brew coffee with a teapot should result in this error

Easter egg from RFC 2324; sometimes used as a joke error code

How this status code appears in HTTP responses

HTTP Response Header

HTTP/1.1 418 I'm a teapot

cURL Example

curl -I https://example.com
# Returns: HTTP/1.1 418 I'm a teapot

This is a client error response indicating the request contains bad syntax or cannot be fulfilled.

Other codes in the same category

The server cannot process the request due to client error

Authentication is required and has failed or has not been provided

Reserved for future use in digital payment systems