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Stripe not_permitted

Not Permitted

Hard Decline
Permanent failures that should not be retried
Do Not Retry
Retry will not succeed

Description

The payment is not permitted.

Recommended Action

Ask the customer to contact their card issuer for more information.

Common Causes

  • Card restricted from this merchant category
  • Transaction type not allowed on this card
  • Geographic or merchant restrictions

Recovery Tips

  • Request an alternative payment method
  • Customer should check card restrictions with their bank

Quick Reference

Code
not_permitted
Category
Hard Decline
Retryable
No
Source
Stripe
Recoverability verdict

Retrying not_permitted will not work

This is a hard decline. Retrying code not_permitted will not recover the payment. But most merchants seeing this code also have soft declines they are not recovering. Check what your retry strategy is leaving behind.

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