What HTTP 304 means
RFC 9110 §15.4.5. Returned in response to conditional GET (If-Modified-Since, If-None-Match). Body must be empty. Critical for HTTP caching efficiency.
Typical causes
- Conditional GET with valid ETag/Last-Modified
304 3xx RFC 9110 §15.4.5 Cached resource is still valid. Client should use cached copy.
RFC 9110 §15.4.5. Returned in response to conditional GET (If-Modified-Since, If-None-Match). Body must be empty. Critical for HTTP caching efficiency.