Payment statuses

A payment has one status at a time, and the status tells you whether to deliver goods or services. Webhooks and the payment details endpoints return it in the status field, and payment_tier is an alias for it.

Statuses

The table below lists every status with the action to take. Deliver only when the status is good.

StatusMeaningWhat to do
noneNo payment is detected yet.Don’t deliver.
shortThe customer paid less than requested.Don’t deliver. Refund, accept the shortfall, or ask the customer to top up.
holdThe amount is right but can’t be confirmed instantly. Triple-A investigates.Don’t deliver. Wait for the next status.
goodThe payment is confirmed and the funds are guaranteed.Mark the order paid and deliver.
invalidThe network rejected the payment, or it has a serious issue.Don’t deliver. If funds arrived, Triple-A refunds the customer automatically after a delay.

How statuses change

Statuses only move forward. A payment that reaches good doesn’t go back. Triple-A confirms 97% of transactions instantly, and they reach good within seconds of being broadcast to the network.

The following diagram shows every move a payment can make.

stateDiagram-v2 [*] --> none none --> hold none --> good none --> short none --> invalid hold --> good hold --> short hold --> invalid good --> [*] short --> [*] invalid --> [*]

The possible moves are as follows.

  • From none, a payment can go to hold, good, short, or invalid.
  • From hold, a payment can go to good, short, or invalid.

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