Client error

418 418 I'm a Teapot

A joke status from an April Fools specification, returned by a teapot asked to brew coffee. It occasionally appears in the wild as a deliberate response to unwanted bots.

Common causes

  • Somebody has a sense of humour, or is trolling a scraper.

How to fix it

  • Nothing to fix. If you receive one from an API, read the documentation — it is being used as a custom rejection.

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