2xx Success
206 Partial Content
The server is returning only part of the resource, as requested with a Range header.
Used for resumable downloads and for video/audio seeking. The Content-Range header says which bytes are included.
Notes
- Servers advertise range support with
Accept-Ranges: bytes. If seeking in a video doesn’t work, check that your server or CDN supports range requests.
Example response
HTTP/1.1 206 Partial Content
Content-Range: bytes 0-1023/146515
Content-Length: 1024
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Check a URL’s status with curl -I https://example.com, which prints the status line and headers.