11.8 Service Operation Error Handling

The SData provider MUST return one of the following HTTP status codes when responding to a service operation request:

Code	Description
200 OK	Operation completed successfully (synchronously or asynchronously).
202 Accepted	An asynchronous operation was accepted. Or is in progress if this is a tracking request. A `Location` header with the tracking URL MUST be returned. The payload MUST be an `<sdata:tracking>` payload. See Tracking Payload section.
400 Bad Request	Generic status for consumer side error. Client MUST modify the request before resubmitting.
401 Unauthorized	Request requires user authentication. See Authentication section for details.
403 Forbidden	Consumer is not authorized to start the operation.
404 Not Found	One of the elements specified in the URL does not exist. For example, application name, contract name or operation name.
410 Gone	The resource has already been deleted. This MAY be returned when deleting the tracking resource.
500 Internal Server Error	Serious provider error. Client SHOULD NOT retry the request.
503 Service Unavailable	Transient provider error. Client MAY retry the request. The provider SHOULD include a `Retry-After` header in its response to indicate when the consumer MAY retry the request.

When the service returns a 4xx or a 5xx status code, it SHOULD include an <sdata:diagnoses> payload with details about the error in its response. Except in the 410 case, which is a success code. See Error Payload section for details.