# HTTP 402 Payment Required

[7 · Pay](/category/pay/)

| HTTP 402 Payment Required |
| --- |
| Category | [Pay](/category/pay/) |
| Also known as | 402 |
| Related | [x402](/protocols/x402/), [Machine Payments Protocol](/protocols/mpp/), [Cloudflare Pay per crawl](/protocols/cloudflare-pay-per-crawl/) |

[Pay](/category/pay/) An HTTP status code reserved for payment since early HTTP and now reused by x402, MPP and Cloudflare pay per crawl.

## Instances

Not applicable.

## See also

- [x402](/protocols/x402/)
- [Machine Payments Protocol](/protocols/mpp/)
- [Cloudflare Pay per crawl](/protocols/cloudflare-pay-per-crawl/)

## References

- [https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110) (2026-10-15) VERIFIED

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