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Invoice not issued

HTTP 409invoice_not_issued

When the API answers 409 invoice_not_issued, and how to fix it.

Version v1.1, updated

The type field of every invoice_not_issued response links to this page.

On this page

A payment can be recorded on an issued invoice only, and this invoice is still a draft. current_status gives its status.

At a glance

  • Status: 409 Conflict

  • Code: invoice_not_issued

  • Retry: No. Fix the cause first: the same request gets the same answer.

Causes and fixes

Likely cause

How to fix it

The invoice was created but not issued.

Issue it with POST /v1/invoices/{id}/issue, then record the payment.

Example

409 invoice_not_issuedJSON
{
  "code": "invoice_not_issued",
  "current_status": "draft",
  "detail": "Payments can be recorded only on an issued invoice.",
  "instance": "/v1/invoices/00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000061/payments",
  "request_id": "a1b2c3d4-0000-4000-8000-0000000000ee",
  "status": 409,
  "title": "Invoice not issued",
  "type": "https://birp.io/developers/errors/invoice_not_issued"
}

Related

  • invoices
  • invoices-resource
  • invoice-issued