Whether you’re building a checkout flow, reconciling records, or debugging, this page breaks down exactly what each payment status you could find in your account means.

Order status definition per order stage

AUTHENTICATION

Status	Description
Authentication attempted	A request to authenticate the cardholder has been made
Authentication declined	The cardholder's authentication was unsuccessful
Authentication request expired	The authentication attempt timed out before completion
Authentication request failed	An error occurred while initiating authentication
Authentication requested	Authentication process has started
Authentication successful	Cardholder was successfully authenticated

AUTHORIZATION

Status	Description
Authentication attempted	A request to authenticate the cardholder has been made
Authorization cancel request failed	System error occurred during cancel request.
Authorization cancel requested	Request to cancel the prior authorization has been initiated.
Authorization cancel successful	The authorization was successfully canceled.
Authorization declined	The issuer declined the authorization request.
Authorization expired	The authorization has expired and is no longer valid.
Authorization request expired	The authorization request timed out.
Authorization request failed	The system encountered an error while requesting authorization.
Authorization requested	Authorization process has started.
Authorization successful	The authorization was approved by the issuer.

CAPTURE

Status	Description
Capture declined	The capture request was denied.
Capture request failed	An error occurred while requesting capture.
Capture requested	The capture of authorized funds has been initiated.
Capture successful	Funds were successfully captured from the customer.

PAYMENT

Status	Description
Created	The transaction was created but no further actions have occurred yet.
Paid	The payment has been completed successfully.
Charged back	The customer initiated a chargeback, reversing the transaction.

CREDIT

Status	Description
Credit declined	The credit (reverse payment) was denied.
Credit request failed	The system failed to process the credit request.
Credit requested	A request to credit (reverse) funds has been initiated.
Credit successful	Funds were successfully credited back to the customer.

REFUND

Status	Description
Refund declined	The refund was denied.
Refund request failed	An error occurred while requesting the refund.
Refund requested	A refund process has been initiated.
Refund successful	The refund was completed successfully.

RISK ASSESSMENT

Status	Description
Risk assessment approved	The transaction passed fraud checks.
Risk assessment declined	The transaction was flagged as high risk and declined.
Risk assessment manual review	The transaction requires manual fraud review.
Risk assessment request failed	Risk assessment could not be performed due to a system error.
Risk assessment requested	Fraud screening has been initiated for the transaction.

ROUTING

Status	Description
Blocked by router	The transaction was blocked by the internal routing or rules engine.
Route not found	No available route was found for processing the transaction.