2.2.7 Response Meta-Tags

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The protocol defines three meta-tags that are used to inform the client as to the state of processing a request on the server. A meta-tag is returned at the beginning of the response body. For details, see section 3.2.5.2.

The following table specifies the three meta-tags that are used by this protocol.

Meta-tag

Meaning

PROCESSING

The server has queued the request to be processed.

PENDING

The server is processing the request.

DONE

The server has completed the processing of the request and additional response headers and the response body follow the DONE meta-tag.