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PAYMENT_INVALID

The payment presented did not verify.

HTTP status402
Groupx402
RetryableNo — 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.