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4xx Series
Safe to retry
408 Request Timeout
The server timed out waiting for the request. The client did not produce a request within the time that the server was prepared to wait.
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SEO Impact
Highly negative. Persistent 408s signal poor server health, dropping your crawl rates.
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Common Causes
- 1Slow client network connection
- 2Massive payload uploads taking too long
Code Examples
Node.js
// Throws Error: ETIMEDOUT when connection drops