307 Temporary Redirect

The HTTP 307 Temporary Redirect status code indicates that a resource is temporarily available at another URL while preserving the original HTTP method.

Published 16 Jul 2026 · HTTP Status Code

What is HTTP 307 Temporary Redirect?

The 307 Temporary Redirect status code tells clients that a resource is temporarily available at another location.

Unlike 302 Found, the client must preserve the original HTTP method when following the redirect.

Example

POST /login HTTP/1.1

HTTP/1.1 307 Temporary Redirect

Location: https://example.com/login

The client should repeat the request using POST rather than changing it to GET.

307 vs 302

Historically, implementations treated 302 responses inconsistently. The 307 response was created to guarantee method preservation.

302 may change POST to GET
307 must keep POST as POST

Common Uses

Temporary maintenance redirects
API routing
Service migrations
Traffic management

Why Does It Matter For DevOps?

DevOps engineers use 307 redirects when controlling traffic between services while preserving request behaviour.

Reverse proxies
API gateways
Load balancers
Service migrations

Summary

The 307 Temporary Redirect response temporarily redirects traffic while preserving the original HTTP method.