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set: 4
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code: 414
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title: Request-URI Too Long
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references:
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"Rails HTTP Status Symbol": ":request_uri_too_long"
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"Go HTTP Status Constant": "http.StatusRequestURITooLong"
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---
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The server is refusing to service the request because the
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request-target<sup>[1](#ref-1)</sup> is longer than the server is willing to
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interpret.
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This rare condition is only likely to occur when a client has improperly
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converted a POST request to a GET request with long query information, when the
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client has descended into a "black hole" of redirection (e.g., a redirected URI
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prefix that points to a suffix of itself) or when the server is under attack by
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a client attempting to exploit potential security holes.
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A 414 response is cacheable by default; i.e., unless otherwise indicated by the
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method definition or explicit cache controls <sup>[2](#ref-2)</sup>.
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---
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* <span id="ref-1"><sup>1</sup> Content Negotiation
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[RFC7230 Section 5.3][2]</span>
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* <span id="ref-2"><sup>2</sup> Calculating Heuristic Freshness
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RFC7234 Section 4.2.2][3]</span>
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* Source: [RFC7231 Section 6.5.12][1]
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[1]: <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-6.5.12>
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[2]: <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-5.3>
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[3]: <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7234#section-4.2.2>
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