406 Not Acceptable

The server cannot produce a format listed in your Accept header.

What it means

Content negotiation failed.

What your client should do

Relax the Accept header, for example to application/json or */*.

Should you retry?

Only after you change the request.

Try it

The free practice API returns this status on demand, with the headers a well-behaved API would send. Call GET /api/play/status/406 from Endpoint Client and open the Explain tab.

Open /api/play/status/406

Related codes

Defined in RFC 9110. All status codes and headers