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Worldpay from FIS (Vantiv)Vantiv 251
Duplicate Transaction
Technical
System or connectivity issues
Do Not Retry
Retry will not succeed
Description
The transaction is a duplicate of a previously submitted transaction.
Recommended Action
Check if the original transaction was processed. Wait before retrying with different parameters.
Common Causes
- Same transaction submitted twice
- Retry fired too quickly
Recovery Tips
- Implement idempotency in your payment flow
- Check the status of the original transaction before retrying
Quick Reference
Code
251
Category
Technical
Retryable
No
Source
Vantiv
Recoverability verdict
Retrying 251 will not work
This is a hard decline. Retrying code 251 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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101Retryable
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The card issuer's system is unavailable. The issuing bank cannot authorize the transaction at this time.
102Retryable
Re-submit Transaction
There is a temporary problem with the submission. The transaction should be re-submitted.
108Retryable
Try Again Later
The transaction could not be processed due to a transitory communication issue with an internal or external service.