[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #42781: HTTP Status code should be a 400 instead of a 409 when attempting to add a term (by slug) that already exist

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#42781: HTTP Status code should be a 400 instead of a 409 when attempting to add a
term (by slug) that already exist
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 Reporter:  shooper       |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  REST API      |    Version:  4.9
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  rest-api      |
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 The patch to address #41370, which released in WP 4.9 changed the HTTP
 status code returned when a term already exists to 409.  It should have
 been an HTTP 400 for consistency with the rest of the endpoints.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/42781>
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