The HTTP 304 Not Modified
client redirection response code indicates that there is no need to retransmit the requested resources. It is an implicit redirection to a cached resource. This happens when the request method is a safe method, such as GET
or HEAD
, or when the request is conditional and uses an If-None-Match
or an If-Modified-Since
header.
The equivalent 200
OK
response would have included the headers Cache-Control
, Content-Location
, Date
, ETag
, Expires
, and Vary
.
Note: Many developer tools' network panels of browsers create extraneous requests leading to 304
responses, so that access to the local cache is visible to developers.