---
title: 413 Payload Too Large
slug: Web/HTTP/Status/8080
translation_of: Web/HTTP/Status/413
---
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<p>The HTTP <code><strong>413 Payload Too Large</strong></code> response status code indicates that the request entity is larger than limits defined by server; the server might close the connection or return a {{HTTPHeader("Retry-After")}} header field.</p>

<h2 id="Status">Status</h2>

<pre class="syntaxbox">413 Payload Too Large</pre>

<h2 id="Specifications">Specifications</h2>

<table class="standard-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th scope="col">Specification</th>
   <th scope="col">Title</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{RFC("7231", "413 Payload Too Large" , "6.5.11")}}</td>
   <td>Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>

<ul>
 <li>{{HTTPHeader("Connection")}}</li>
 <li>{{HTTPHeader("Retry-After")}}</li>
</ul>