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idempotency_key_in_progress

Another request with the same Idempotency-Key is still being processed.

On this page

HTTP status: 409 Conflict. Retrying the same request can succeed.

Why it happens

  • A retry arrived while the first attempt was still running, for example after a client timeout.

What to do

Wait for the number of seconds in the Retry-After header, then retry with the same key. You'll get the first request's result.

Example

The response is application/problem+json. Branch on code, never on title or detail. See errors for the format.

{
  "type": "https://docs.nowgate.io/errors/idempotency_key_in_progress",
  "title": "Conflict",
  "status": 409,
  "detail": "What exactly was wrong, in a sentence.",
  "instance": "/v1/payments",
  "code": "idempotency_key_in_progress",
  "request_id": "req_01jc3xb1n6f0q2w8e4r7t5y9v3"
}