HTTP Status Checker
Check a URL's HTTP status code, response time, and redirect chain.
How to use HTTP Status Checker
- Enter a full URL, including https://.
- Click Check — the status code, response time, and any redirect are shown.
About this tool
The HTTP Status Checker requests a URL and reports its HTTP status code, response time, and whether it redirected elsewhere. This runs as a small server-side request rather than directly from your browser, because browsers block most cross-origin requests to third-party sites (CORS) — a server has no such restriction, which is also why this can't be a purely client-side tool like most others on this platform.
Frequently Asked Questions
What do the different status codes mean?
200 means OK — the request succeeded. Codes starting with 3 (like 301, 302) mean redirected. Codes starting with 4 (like 404) mean a client error, most commonly 'not found'. Codes starting with 5 (like 500, 503) mean a server error on the target site.
Why does it say the URL couldn't be reached?
This can happen if the site is genuinely down, if it blocks automated requests, if the domain doesn't resolve, or if it didn't respond within 10 seconds. It doesn't necessarily mean the site is unreachable from a regular browser.
Can I check internal or localhost URLs?
No — for security reasons, this tool refuses to check localhost, private network addresses, and cloud metadata endpoints, since it runs as a server-side request and allowing that would let it be used to probe internal infrastructure.