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HTP-011 · Redirections (3xx)

305 Use Proxy

Go through this proxy — an order browsers refused to obey.

The original HTTP/1.1, RFC 2068 of 1997, let the server tell the client to retry the request through a proxy named in Location. Network configuration delivered inside the response itself.

The idea aged badly: accepting a proxy announced in-band is an invitation to traffic hijacking. RFC 7231 explicitly deprecated it on security grounds, and browsers ignore it. It stays on the shelf as a warning — not every piece in the cabinet died of natural causes.

HTTP/1.1 305 Use Proxy
Location: http://proxy.exemplo.org:8080/
Content-Length: 0
The response that asked to be intercepted — which is why it was retired.