506 Variant Also Negotiates

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HTTP 506 Variant Also Negotiates is a 5xx server error status code in the IANA HTTP Status Code Registry.

Code: 506
Reason phrase: Variant Also Negotiates
Class: 5xx (Server Error)
Defined in: RFC 2295

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Reuse: IANA HTTP Status Code Registry (iana.org/assignments/http-status-codes); registry data reproduced verbatim with references

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Published by Koskamo2026-10-04
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