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PAYPAL_INSTRUMENT_DECLINED

PayPal declined the buyer's funding source

PayPal declined the buyer's funding source

HTTP status 400 Bad Request, code PAYPAL_INSTRUMENT_DECLINED.

What it means#

PayPal declined the card or balance the buyer chose when the payment was captured. The payment is still capturable.

What to do#

Restart the PayPal buttons (actions.restart() in the JS SDK) so the buyer can choose another funding source, then capture again.

On the wire#

Every error response carrying this code names this page in error.moreInfo, with the request id in the query string. See Error codes for the response shape and the list of every code.