PayPal Credit Card Authorization Error Codes

1

User authentication failed. 

Error is caused by one or more of the following:   

• Login information is incorrect. Verify that USER, VENDOR, PARTNER, and PASSWORD have been entered correctly. VENDOR is your merchant ID and USER is the same as VENDOR unless you created a Payflow Pro user. All fields are case sensitive.
• Invalid Processor information entered. Contact merchant bank to verify.* "Allowed IP Address" security feature implemented. The transaction is coming from an unknown IP address. See PayPal Manager online help for details on how to use Manager to update the allowed IP addresses.
• You are using a test (not active) account to submit a transaction to the live PayPal servers. Change the host address from the test server URL to the live server URL

2

Invalid tender type. Your merchant bank account does not support the following credit card type that was submitted.

3

Invalid transaction type. Transaction type is not appropriate for this transaction. For example, you cannot credit an authorization-only transaction

4

Invalid amount format. Use the format: “#####.##”  Do not include currency symbols or commas.

5

Invalid merchant information. Processor does not recognize your merchant account information. Contact your bank account acquirer to resolve this problem.

6

Invalid or unsupported currency code

7

Field format error. Invalid information entered. See RESPMSG

8

Not a transaction server

9

Too many parameters or invalid stream

10

Too many line items

11

Client time-out waiting for response

12

Declined. Check the credit card number, expiration date, and transaction information to make sure they were entered correctly. If this does not resolve the problem, have the customer call their card issuing bank to resolve.

13

Referral. Transaction cannot be approved electronically but can be approved with a verbal authorization. Contact your merchant bank to obtain an authorization and submit a manual Voice Authorization transaction.

19

Original transaction ID not found. The transaction ID you entered for this transaction is not valid. See RESPMSG

20

Cannot find the customer reference number

22

Invalid ABA number

23

Invalid account number. Check credit card number and re-submit.

24

Invalid expiration date. Check and re-submit.

25

Invalid Host Mapping. You are trying to process a tender type such as Discover Card, but you are not set up with your merchant bank to accept this card type.

• You are trying to process a tender type such as Discover Card, but you are not set up with your merchant bank to accept this card type.
• You are trying to process an Express Checkout transaction when your account is not set up to do so. Contact your account holder to have Express Checkout added to your account.

26

Invalid vendor account. Login information is incorrect. Verify that USER, VENDOR, PARTNER, and PASSWORD have been entered correctly. VENDOR is your merchant ID and USER is the same as VENDOR unless you created a Payflow Pro user. All fields are case sensitive.

27

Insufficient partner permissions

28

Insufficient user permissions

29

Invalid XML document. This could be caused by an unrecognized XML tag or a bad XML format that cannot be parsed by the system.

30

Duplicate transaction

31

Error in adding the recurring profile

32

Error in modifying the recurring profile

33

Error in canceling the recurring profile

34

Error in forcing the recurring profile

35

Error in reactivating the recurring profile

36

OLTP Transaction failed

37

Invalid recurring profile ID

50

Insufficient funds available in account

51

Exceeds per transaction limit

99

General error. See RESPMSG.

100

Transaction type not supported by host

101

Time-out value too small

102

Processor not available

103

Error reading response from host

104

Timeout waiting for processor response. Try your transaction again.

105

Credit error. Make sure you have not already credited this transaction, or that this transaction ID is for a creditable transaction. (For example, you cannot credit an authorization.)

106

Host not available

107

Duplicate suppression time-out

108

Void error. See RESPMSG. Make sure the transaction ID entered has not already been voided. If not, then look at the Transaction Detail screen for this transaction to see if it has settled. (The Batch field is set to a number greater than zero if the transaction has been settled). If the transaction has already settled, your only recourse is a reversal (credit a payment or submit a payment for a credit)

109

Time-out waiting for host response

110

Referenced auth (against order) Error

111

Capture error. Either an attempt to capture a transaction that is not an authorizationtransaction type, or an attempt to capture an authorization transaction that has already been captured.

112

Failed AVS check. Address and ZIP code do not match. An authorization may still exist on the cardholder’s account.

113

Merchant sale total will exceed the sales cap with current transaction. ACH transactions only.

114

Card Security Code (CSC) Mismatch. An authorization may still exist on the cardholder’s account.

115

System busy, try again later

116

VPS Internal error. Failed to lock terminal number

117

Failed merchant rule check. One or more of the following three failures occurred:An attempt was made to submit a transaction that failed to meet the security settings specified on the PayPal Manager Security Settings page. If the transaction exceeded the Maximum Amount security setting, thenno values are returned for AVS or CSC.
AVS validation failed. The AVS return value should appear in the RESPMSG.
CSC validation failed. The CSC return value should appear in the RESPMSG

118

Invalid keywords found in string fields

120

Attempt to reference a failed transaction

121

Not enabled for feature

122

Merchant sale total will exceed the credit cap with current transaction. ACH transactions only.

125

Fraud Protection Services Filter — Declined by filters

126

Fraud Protection Services Filter — Flagged for review by filters
IMPORTANT: 
RESULT value 126 indicates that a transaction triggered a fraud filter. This is not an error, but a notice that the transaction is in a review status. The transaction has been authorized but requires you to review and to manually accept the transaction before it will be allowed to settle.RESULT value 126 is intended to give you an idea of the kind of transaction that is considered suspicious to enable you to evaluate whether you can benefit from using the Fraud Protection Services.To eliminate RESULT 126,turn the filters off.For more information, see the fraud documentation for your payments solution.

127

Fraud Protection Services Filter — Not processed by filters

128

Fraud Protection Services Filter — Declined by merchant after being flagged for review by filters

132

Card has not been submitted for update

133

Data mismatch in HTTP retry request

150

Issuing bank timed out

151

Issuing bank unavailable

200

Reauth error

201

Order error

600

Cybercash Batch Error

601

Cybercash Query Error

1000

Generic host error. This is a generic message returned by your credit card processor. The RESPMSG will contain more information describing the error.

1001

Buyer Authentication Service unavailable

1002

Buyer Authentication Service — Transaction timeout

1003

Buyer Authentication Service — Invalid client version

1004

Buyer Authentication Service — Invalid timeout value

1011

Buyer Authentication Service unavailable

1012

Buyer Authentication Service unavailable

1013

Buyer Authentication Service unavailable

1014

Buyer Authentication Service — Merchant is not enrolled for Buyer Authentication Service (3-D Secure)

1016

 Buyer Authentication Service — 3-D Secure error response received. Instead of receiving a PARes response to a Validate Authentication transaction, an error response was received.

1017

Buyer Authentication Service — 3-D Secure error response is invalid. An error response is received and the response is not well formed for a Validate Authentication transaction.

1021

Buyer Authentication Service — Invalid card type

1022

Buyer Authentication Service — Invalid or missing currency code

1023

Buyer Authentication Service — merchant status for 3D secure is invalid

1041

Buyer Authentication Service — Validate Authentication failed: missing or invalid PARES

1042

Buyer Authentication Service — Validate Authentication failed: PARES format is invalid

1043

Buyer Authentication Service — Validate Authentication failed: Cannot find successful Verify Enrollment

1044

Buyer Authentication Service — Validate Authentication failed: Signature validation failed for PARES

1045

Buyer Authentication Service — Validate Authentication failed: Mismatched or invalid amount in PARES

1046

Buyer Authentication Service — Validate Authentication failed: Mismatched or invalid acquirer in PARES

1047

Buyer Authentication Service — Validate Authentication failed: Mismatched or invalid Merchant ID in PARES

1048

Buyer Authentication Service — Validate Authentication failed: Mismatched or invalid card number in PARES

1049

Buyer Authentication Service — Validate Authentication failed: Mismatched or invalid currency code in PARES

1050

Buyer Authentication Service — Validate Authentication failed: Mismatched or invalid XID in PARES

1051

Buyer Authentication Service — Validate Authentication failed: Mismatched or invalid order date in PARES

1052

Buyer Authentication Service — Validate Authentication failed: This PARES was already validated for a previous Validate Authentication transaction