Invalid path

HTTP 400 · bad-path — ← all Webpath errors

The path is malformed or attempts directory traversal.

How to recover. Use a clean, normalized path with no .. or backslash segments.

Example response

{
  "type": "https://muse.as/a/webpath/errors/bad-path",
  "title": "Invalid path",
  "status": 400,
  "detail": "Use a clean, normalized path with no .. or backslash segments."
}

This page documents the bad-path error type returned in Webpath RFC 7807 application/problem+json responses. The machine-readable detail field carries a recovery hint you can show a user verbatim — see the Spec §12 and API Reference.