HTTP status codes / 2xx — Success

202 Accepted

In one sentence

Accepted for asynchronous processing; the result comes later.

What it means

The server accepted the request but has not completed it — typical for queued jobs, batch imports and webhooks. The response should tell the client how to track progress, e.g. a status URL.

Common causes

Reproduce it in cURL

curl -i https://httpbin.org/status/202

Same request, no terminal: paste this into the cURL converter for native code, or straight into ReqPad on your phone.

How to debug it

Treating 202 as a final success is a common bug: poll the status endpoint or listen for the callback to learn the real outcome.

The fastest way to pin down a 202 is to reproduce the exact request and inspect what actually went over the wire — status, headers, timing and body, without your app code in the way. That is what an API client is for; ReqPad does it from your phone, with every request saved to history.

Related codes

200 OK · 201 Created · 203 Non-Authoritative Information · 204 No Content · 205 Reset Content · 206 Partial Content — or the full reference.

Reproduce that 202 in 10 seconds.

Build the request, send it, read status + headers + timing — on your iPhone. Free to start.