---
set: 4
code: 424
title: Failed Dependency
references:
    "Rails HTTP Status Symbol": "failed_dependency"
    "Symfony HTTP Status Constant": "Response::HTTP_FAILED_DEPENDENCY"
    "Python HTTP Status Constant": "httplib.FAILED_DEPENDENCY"
---

The method could not be performed on the resource because the requested action depended on another action and that action failed.

For example, if a command in a PROPPATCH method fails, then, at minimum, the rest of the commands will also fail with 424 Failed Dependency.

---

* Source: [RFC4918 Section 11.4][1]

[1]: <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4918#section-11.4>