e of 0 in the request.

Note that the client must not send content in the request, or generate fields
that might include sensitive data, such as stored user credentials or cookies.

Request has body  |  No   
---|---  
Successful response has body  |  Yes   
[ Safe ](/en-US/docs/Glossary/Safe/HTTP) |  Yes   
[ Idempotent ](/en-US/docs/Glossary/Idempotent) |  Yes   
[ Cacheable ](/en-US/docs/Glossary/Cacheable) |  No   
Allowed in [ HTML forms ](/en-US/docs/Learn/Forms) |  No   
  
##  Syntax

http

    
    
    TRACE /index.html
    

##  Specifications

Specification  
---  
[ HTTP Semantics  
#  TRACE  ](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110#TRACE)  
  
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