2xx Success

HTTP 206 Partial Content

The server is delivering only part of the resource due to a Range header sent by the client. This is used for resumable downloads and streaming media where only a portion of the content is requested.

Common Causes

  • Resumable file download requesting a specific byte range
  • Video or audio streaming fetching chunks
  • Download manager splitting a file into parallel downloads

How to Fix

  1. 1No fix needed — partial content delivery is working correctly
  2. 2Verify the Content-Range header in the response
  3. 3Ensure the server supports Range requests for the resource

Example

HTTP 206 Partial Content
GET /video.mp4 HTTP/1.1
Range: bytes=0-1023

→ 206 Partial Content
→ Content-Range: bytes 0-1023/1048576

Related Success Codes

200

OK

201

Created

202

Accepted

203

Non-Authoritative Information

204

No Content

205

Reset Content

207

Multi-Status

208

Already Reported

226

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