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# Payment Challenge Failed

> Error reference for payment_challenge_failed.

`payment_challenge_failed` is a catalog version 1 client error.

| Field              | Value                                    |
| ------------------ | ---------------------------------------- |
| Safe message       | A payment challenge could not be issued. |
| Retryable          | Yes                                      |
| Payment settlement | `not_settled`                            |
| Context            | request only                             |

## What to do

Retry with the same logical Operation identity after a bounded delay. Preserve any server-provided recovery metadata.

<Note>
  Use the structured fields rather than parsing the message. Provider errors, prompts, prose, secrets, and arbitrary exception details are never included in this public error.
</Note>