508 Loop Detected
The HTTP508 Loop Detectedserver error response status code indicates that the entire operation failed because it encountered an infinite loop while processing a request withDepth: infinity.
The status may be given in the context of the Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV).It was introduced as a fallback for cases where WebDAV clients do not support208 Already Reported responses (when requests do not explicitly include aDAV header).
Status
http
508 Loop DetectedExamples
Infinite loop in WebDAV search
http
PROPFIND /Coll/ HTTP/1.1Host: example.comDepth: infinityContent-Type: application/xml; charset="utf-8"Content-Length: 125<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?><D:propfind xmlns:D="DAV:"> <D:prop> <D:displayname/> </D:prop></D:propfind>http
HTTP/1.1 508 Loop DetectedContent-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8Server: Microsoft-IIS/8.0Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 02:38:57 GMTContent-Length: 72{ "Message": "Please check the resources for cyclic references and try again."}Specifications
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| RFC 5842 # section-7.2 |