Isn't "422 Unprocessable Entity" the correct name? #31454
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/422
What specific section or headline is this issue about?
422 Unprocessable Content
What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?
I believe the title "422 Unprocessable Content" is out of date. I think the correct title should be "422 Unprocessable Entity".
What did you expect to see?
"422 Unprocessable Entity"
Do you have any supporting links, references, or citations?
Per https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4918#section-11.2
The 422 (Unprocessable Entity) status code means the server understands the content type of the request entity (hence a 415 (Unsupported Media Type) status code is inappropriate), and the syntax of the request entity is correct (thus a 400 (Bad Request) status code is inappropriate) but was unable to process the contained instructions. For example, this error condition may occur if an XML request body contains well-formed (i.e., syntactically correct), but semantically erroneous, XML instructions.
I noticed this because the Rust http crate uses "Unprocessable Entity" as well:
/// 422 Unprocessable Entity
/// [[RFC4918](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4918)]
(422, UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY, "Unprocessable Entity");Do you have anything more you want to share?
I haven't followed the relevant RFCs closely in a while. Please educate me if I've gotten this wrong; if so, then the Rust http crate has gotten it wrong too.
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