PAYMENT_INVALID
The payment presented did not verify.
| HTTP status | 402 |
| Group | x402 |
| Retryable | No — sending it again changes nothing |
What happened
Wrong network, wrong token, wrong amount, wrong recipient, or a malformed payload.
What to do
Compare your payment against the challenge you were served, fix it, and retry.
The problem document
Every error is application/problem+json (RFC 9457) with the same shape:
{
"type": "https://docs.co-relayer.com/errors/payment-invalid",
"title": "The payment presented did not verify.",
"status": 402,
"detail": "A sentence about this specific occurrence.",
"instance": "req_01JB…",
"code": "PAYMENT_INVALID",
"retryable": false,
"hint": "Compare your payment against the challenge you were served, fix it, and retry."
}
See the error model for what each member means and how to handle unknown codes.