418: I'm a TeaPot

Why am I seeing this message?

The server refuses to brew coffee because it is, permanently, a teapot. "Or so the cat says.", said Alice.

The HTTP 418 I'm a teapot status response code indicates that the server refuses to brew coffee because it is, permanently, a teapot. A combined coffee/tea pot that is temporarily out of coffee would typically return a 503, but I'm just a teapot.

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We may use this status response when handling requests from known sources that claim to have a relationship with Ecuaro™, when in fact they do not. Additionally, we may also use this status response for certain requests that we not wish to serve directly, such as when handling automated queries, bad referrers, or perhaps other such undesired traffic.

This error is a reference to Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol defined in April Fools' jokes in 1998 and 2014. This code was defined in 1998 as one of the traditional IETF April Fools' jokes, in RFC 2324, Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol, and is not expected to be implemented by actual HTTP servers. The RFC specifies this code should be returned by teapots requested to brew coffee. This HTTP status is used as an Easter egg in some websites, such as Google.com's "I'm a teapot" easter egg. Sometimes, this status code is also used as a response to a blocked request, instead of the more appropriate 403 Forbidden. [Reference]