Multi-Status

Server perspective

Use 207 mainly in WebDAV when one request needs to report separate statuses for multiple resources or properties.

When to use

• •Return 207 for PROPFIND, PROPPATCH, or other WebDAV operations with mixed per-item outcomes
• •Use it when one top-level status code would lose too much detail

How to respond

• •Return a DAV:multistatus XML body with per-resource or per-property results
• •Be explicit about which resource each embedded status applies to

Headers to consider

• •No status-specific header is required; set Content-Type for the DAV multi-status body.

Response body

• •Include an XML multi-status document that enumerates the detailed outcomes

Server-side pitfalls

• •Do not use 207 as a vague batch-success shortcut outside clients that understand the format
• •Do not rely on the top-level 207 alone; the real detail lives in the body

Examples